Maynard's industrial engineering handbook, 5th ed.

The most complete, practical working guide to the principles, methods, materials and systems of industrial engineering available, this resource covers everything from work measurement to material flow, facilities to quality control. New topics include: Kazien approach to methods engineerings, design for assembly and statistical quality control.*Increased emphasis on information technologies.*Case studies related to productivity improvements.Focus on practical applications.*

Section I: Industrial Engineering: Past, Present and Future. Chapter 1.1: The Purpose and Evolution of Industrial Engineering. Chapter 1.2: The Role and Career of the Industrial Engineer in the Modern Organization. Chapter 1.3 Educational Programs for the Industrial Engineer. Chapter 1.4: The Industrial Engineer as a Manager. Chapter 1.5: Fundamentals of Industrial Engineering. Chapter 1.6: The Future of Industrial Engineering: One Perspective. Chapter 1.7: Future Technologies for the Industrial Engineer. Chapter 1.8: The Future Directions of Industrial Enterprises. Chapter 1.9: The Roles of Industrial and Systems Engineering in Large-Scale Organizational Transformations. Section II: Productivity, Performance, and Ethics. Chapter 2.1: The Concept and Importance of Productivity. Chapter 2.2: Productivity Improvement Through Business Process Reengineering. Chapter 2.3: Total Productivity Management. Chapter 2.4: Performance Management: A Key Role for Supervisors and Team Leaders. Chapter 2.5: Managing Change Through Teams. Chapter 2.6: Involvement, Empowerment, and Motivation. Chapter 2.7: Engineering Ethics: Applications to Industrial Engineering. Chapter 2.8: Case Study: Productivity Improvement Through Employee Participation. Chapter 2.9: Case Study: Reducing Labor Costs Using Industrial Engineering Techniques. Chapter 2.10: Case Study: Teamworking as a Contributor to Global Success. Chapter 2.11: Case Study: Company Turnaround Using Industrial Engineering Techniques. Chapter 2.12: Case Study: Improving Response to Customer Demand. Chapter 2.13: Case Study: Transforming a Company In Central Europe Using Industrial Engineering Methods. Section III: Engineering Economics. Chapter 3.1: Principles of Engineering Economy and the Capital Allocation Process. Chapter 3.2: Budgeting and Planning for Profits. Chapter 3.3: Cost Accounting and Activity-Based Costing. Chapter 3.4: Product Cost Estimating. Chapter 3.5: Life Cycle Cost Analysis. Chapter 3.6: Case Study: Implementing an Activity-Based Costing Program at Auto Parts International. Section IV: Work Analysis and Design. Chapter 4.1: Methods Engineering and Workplace Design. Chapter 4.2: Continuous Improvement. Chapter 4.3: Work Design and Flow Processes for Support Staff. Chapter 4.4: Setup Time Reduction. Chapter 4.5: Case Study: Achieving Quick Machine Setups. Section V: Work Measurement and Time Standards. Chapter 5.1: Measurement of Work. Chapter 5.2: Purpose and Justification of Engineered Labor Standards. Chapter 5.3: Standard Data Concepts and Development. Chapter 5.4: Developing Engineered Labor Standards. Chapter 5.5: Allowances. Chapter 5.6: Computerized Labor Standards. Chapter 5.7: Implementation and Maintenance of Engineered Labor Standards. Chapter 5.8: Work Measurement in Automated Processes. Chapter 5.9: Case Study: Automated Standard Setting for Casting and Cast Finishing Operations. Chapter 5.10: Case Study: Labor Standards for Long-Cycle Jobs in the Aerospace Industry. Chapter 5.11: Case Study: Staffing a Newspaper Pressroom Operation. Section VI: Ergonomics and Safety. Chapter 6.1: Ergonomic Information Resources. Chapter 6.2: Designing, Implementing, and Justifying an Ergonomics Program. Chapter 6.3: Ergonomic Consumer Product Design. Chapter 6.4: Manufacturing Ergonomics. Chapter 6.5: Ergonomics in the Office Environment. Chapter 6.6: The Interface Between Production System Design and Individual Mechanical Exposure. Chapter 6.7: Human-Machine System Design and Information Processing. Chapter 6.8: The Biomechanical Profile of Repetitive Manual Work Routines. Chapter 6.9: International Environmental Standards Based on ISO 14000. Chapter 6.10: Occupational Safety Management and Engineering. Chapter 6.11: Ergonomic Evaluation Tools for Analyzing Work. Chapter 6.12: Case Studies: Prevention of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in Manufacturing and Service Environments. Section VII: Compensation Management and Labor Relations. Chapter 7.1: Performance-Based Compensation: Designing Total Rewards to Drive Performance. Chapter 7.2: Job Evaluation. Chapter 7.3: Lean Organization Pay Design. Chapter 7.4: Reengineering Production Incentive Plans. Chapter 7.5: Presenting a Case at Arbitration. Chapter 7.6: Compensation Administration. Chapter 7.7: Case Study: Modern Labor Relations: The Roles of Industrial Engineers and Unions. Section VIII: Facilities Planning. Chapter 8.1: A Quantitative Approach to the Site Selection Process. Chapter 8.2: Facilities Layout and Design. Chapter 8.3: A Participatory Approach to Computer-Aided Workplace Design. Chapter 8.4: Planning a Manufacturing Cell. Chapter 8.5: Case Study: Relocating and Consolidating Plant Operations. Chapter 8.6: Case Study: Changing from a Line to a Cellular Production System. Section IX: Forecasting, Planning, and Scheduling. Chapter 9.1: Agile Production: Design Principles for Highly Adaptable Systems. Chapter 9.2: Scheduling and Inventory Control of Manufacturing Systems. Chapter 9.3: Supporting Lean Flow Production Strategies. Chapter 9.4: Just-in-Time and Kanban Scheduling. Chapter 9.5: Planning and Control of Service Operations. Chapter 9.6: Demand Flow Technology (DFT). Chapter 9.7: An Introduction to Supply Chain Management. Chapter 9.8: Production Scheduling. Chapter 9.9: Case Study: An Effective Production System for the Automotive Industry. Part 2: WINS.An Effective Production System for the Automotive Industry. Section X: Logistics and Distribution. Chapter 10.1: Industrial Engineering Support for Materials Management. Chapter 10.2: Materials Handling. Chapter 10.3: Warehouse Management. Chapter 10.4: Distribution Systems. Chapter 10.5: Inventory Mangement and Control. Chapter 10.6: Case Study: Lessons Learned from Implementing a Paperless Warehouse Management System. Chapter 10.7: Case Study: Developing Engineered Labor Standards in a Distribution Center. Section XI: Statistics and Operations Research, and Optimization. Chapter 11.1: Applied Statistics for the Industrial Engineer. Chapter 11.2: Principles and Applications of Operations Research. Chapter 11.3: Guide to Optimization Models. Chapter 11.4: Applications of Queuing Theory. Chapter 11.5: Simulation Methodology, Tools, and Applications. Chapter 11.6: Case Study: Neural Network pPplicatios. Section XII: Information and Communication Management. Chapter 12.1: Bar Codes and Other Automated D