Time and methods engineering
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Time and methods engineering is the aspect of industrial engineering concerned with the analysis and design of work methods and systems, including technological selection of operations or processes, specification of equipment type and location, design of manual and worker-machine tasks. May include the design of controls to insure proper levels of output, inventory, quality, and cost.
[edit] See also
- Work design
- Motion analysis
- Motion economy
- Methods analysis
[edit] Reference
- Work Design & Measurement, IE Terminology, 2000 Revised Edition
