Work StudyPub Date : 2002-07-01DOI: 10.1108/WS.2002.07951DAA.001
J. Heap
{"title":"Which is the most important factor in improving productivity people or process","authors":"J. Heap","doi":"10.1108/WS.2002.07951DAA.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/WS.2002.07951DAA.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":340241,"journal":{"name":"Work Study","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123741837","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Work StudyPub Date : 2002-07-01DOI: 10.1108/00438020210430760
A. Mobey, D. Parker
{"title":"Risk evaluation and its importance to project implementation","authors":"A. Mobey, D. Parker","doi":"10.1108/00438020210430760","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/00438020210430760","url":null,"abstract":"An extensive case study has recently started within a major UK company that undertakes engineering process solutions, operating on a project management basis with multi‐disciplinary teams of professional engineers. The organisation recently piloted the introduction of an electronic document management system, that resulted in considerable implementation problems for the company. The consequence of such problems may be such that the system fails to achieve its original objectives. This highlighted the clear need for risk evaluation prior to implementation. The purpose of this current work was to understand management’s view of risk, identify methods adopted to highlight potential risk, and explore possible risk assessment in project management. The research is nearing completion and final results will soon be published.","PeriodicalId":340241,"journal":{"name":"Work Study","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130125326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Work StudyPub Date : 2002-07-01DOI: 10.1108/00438020210430724
R. Ahasan, G. Mohiuddin, S. M. Faruquee
{"title":"Strenuous tasks in a hot climate – a case study","authors":"R. Ahasan, G. Mohiuddin, S. M. Faruquee","doi":"10.1108/00438020210430724","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/00438020210430724","url":null,"abstract":"Studies of worker heat stress and strain in various countries have found that heat exposure is often likely to exceed the upper threshold limit of international standards. Heat strain data such as oral temperature, recovery heart rate, average heart rate and other work‐related information were investigated to study the impact of strenuous tasks in a hot climate. The study attempted to establish relationships between exposure to heat and heat strain data which could be used as the basis of ergonomic intervention and low‐cost solutions to the avoidance or mitigation of occupational risks.","PeriodicalId":340241,"journal":{"name":"Work Study","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115736860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Work StudyPub Date : 2002-07-01DOI: 10.1108/00438020210430742
A. Dawson
{"title":"Supply chain technology","authors":"A. Dawson","doi":"10.1108/00438020210430742","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/00438020210430742","url":null,"abstract":"Explains the concept of the supply chain and how it is changing as a result of developing technology. Gives brief case stories of companies adopting technology to make improvements in the supply chain.","PeriodicalId":340241,"journal":{"name":"Work Study","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129516162","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Work StudyPub Date : 2002-07-01DOI: 10.1108/00438020210430751
J. Man
{"title":"Six sigma and lifelong learning","authors":"J. Man","doi":"10.1108/00438020210430751","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/00438020210430751","url":null,"abstract":"Briefly outlines the six sigma methodology and shows how it might be adopted as a model that can enable “adult learners” to engage in “lifelong” learning within their organizations and within their personal lives.","PeriodicalId":340241,"journal":{"name":"Work Study","volume":"70 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121418670","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Work StudyPub Date : 2002-06-01DOI: 10.1108/00438020210424253
R. Cardinali
{"title":"Women in the workplace: revisiting the production soldiers, 1939‐1945","authors":"R. Cardinali","doi":"10.1108/00438020210424253","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/00438020210424253","url":null,"abstract":"More than any other war in history, the Second World War was a battle of production. The Germans and their allies had a ten‐year start amassing weapons. It was clear that Europe and the USA were playing a game of catch‐up, and it was equally clear that the side with the most aircraft, bombs, tanks and weapons would likely be the side that would win the war. Yet much of the workforce went to war and many women formed the logical alternative, though inexperienced, workforce. This was a culture change – the demands of wartime production had to take precedence over women’s conventional domestic roles, particularly those of married women. Few women in the USA had ever seen the inside of any manufacturing plant, let alone a defense plant, or the inside of a war plane or tank. But as their sisters abroad did, they left their kitchens, learned quickly and were wonderfully successful.","PeriodicalId":340241,"journal":{"name":"Work Study","volume":"50 6","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113961215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Work StudyPub Date : 2002-06-01DOI: 10.1108/00438020210424271
K. Fernandes, V. Raja
{"title":"A practical knowledge transfer system: a case study","authors":"K. Fernandes, V. Raja","doi":"10.1108/00438020210424271","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/00438020210424271","url":null,"abstract":"This research paper is concerned with the problem of making “knowledge flow” practical for a wide variety of companies. The paper discusses the need for a practical solution to knowledge transfer and demonstrates how the challenges of knowledge transfer were overcome in a cross‐functional environment using the principles of object technology. The proposed concept, by offering a structured approach to knowledge transfer, allows organisations to create systems based on simple but effective knowledge transfer processes, which will integrate with legacy computing systems.","PeriodicalId":340241,"journal":{"name":"Work Study","volume":"68 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132501300","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Work StudyPub Date : 2002-06-01DOI: 10.1108/00438020210424244
R. Ahasan, G. Mohiuddin, A. Khaleque
{"title":"Psychosocial implications of shift work: a case study","authors":"R. Ahasan, G. Mohiuddin, A. Khaleque","doi":"10.1108/00438020210424244","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/00438020210424244","url":null,"abstract":"Explores possible effects of work related problems and fatigue on shift workers’ attitude, aptitude and job satisfaction. Uses a simple case study to explore views identified from a literature review. Data were collected from subjective responses using questionnaires among adult male subjects working on a weekly rotating three‐shift system in a shoe factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Results indicate that this particular form of shift work is seen as disruptive to family, conjugal and social life; it curtails leisure activities, affects sleep and causes health problems.","PeriodicalId":340241,"journal":{"name":"Work Study","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130602360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Work StudyPub Date : 2002-06-01DOI: 10.1108/00438020210424262
G. Evans
{"title":"Measuring and managing customer value","authors":"G. Evans","doi":"10.1108/00438020210424262","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/00438020210424262","url":null,"abstract":"Customer value management (CVM) aims to improve the productivity of marketing activity, and the profitability of business by identifying the value of different customer segments and aligning marketing strategies, plans and resourcing accordingly. There are two complementary approaches to CVM. The first attempts to measure and evaluate the perceived value placed on goods/services by customers. This information is used as the basis of continuous review and improvement of those goods/services. The second approach measures the value of specific customers, or customer segments, to the organisation and uses this to tailor marketing activity. Addressed together these approaches ensure that both sides of a business relationship gain added value. This paper explains the concept of CVM and key issues in using it to drive more effective marketing activity.","PeriodicalId":340241,"journal":{"name":"Work Study","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127241682","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Work StudyPub Date : 2002-04-01DOI: 10.1108/00438020210418809
J. Antony
{"title":"Robust design in new product development process: a neglected methodology in UK manufacturing organizations","authors":"J. Antony","doi":"10.1108/00438020210418809","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/00438020210418809","url":null,"abstract":"Robust design (RD) is a powerful methodology for making products’ performance insensitive to variations in manufacturing conditions, environmental variations and product‐to‐product variation. Although it has been widely accepted for tackling variability problems in manufacturing processes, research has shown that very little has been done on the application of such a powerful methodology in the UK manufacturing sector within the new product development process (NPDP). Engineers and scientists in the UK organizations are far more likely to use the traditional one‐factor‐at‐a‐time (OFAT) approach to experimentation than RD. This paper investigates why RD is not commonly accepted and applied in the UK manufacturing organizations as opposed to Japan and even the USA today. The paper will also illustrate what benefits could be achieved if RD principles are effectively applied in the NPDP in manufacturing organizations.","PeriodicalId":340241,"journal":{"name":"Work Study","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128855311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}