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Informationen zum Autor P.C. Tewari is currently Professor in the department of Mechanical Engineering at National Institute of Technology (NIT) Kurukshetra (Haryana, India). He has 27 years of rich teaching and research experience. He did his B.E. (Industrial Engineering) in 1986, M.E. (Mechanical Engineering) in 1991 from I.I.T. Roorkee (Formerly University of Roorkee), India and Ph.D. (Mech. Engg.) in 2003 from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra (Haryana, India). His major areas of research interest are Performance Evaluation and Optimization, Decision Support System, System Behavioral Analysis, Maintenance Resource Allocation (especially for Process Industries), Statistical Quality Control and Reliability Maintenance Engineering, Total Productive Maintenance, Total Quality Management, Work Study and Ergonomics and Productivity Management. He has guided about 30 B.Tech. Projects, 25 M.Tech. and 7 Ph.D. dissertations. He has published more than 150 Research Papers in National and International Journals and also chaired many Technical Sessions of National and International Conferences. He is member of Reviewer Committee for Institution of Engineers Journals, Production Engineering Journal and International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management besides being a Life member of ISTE and ISTAM. Zusammenfassung Productivity enhancement for sustenance of industry can be achieved by using industrial engineering principles such as Work Study and Ergonomics. These have been addressed in this book in order to develop better understanding of the subject pertaining to topics such as productivity, work and method study with measurements and ergonomics. Inhaltsverzeichnis ProductivityIntroductionBasic Concepts of ProductivityDefinitionsProduction and ProductivityObjectives of Productivity MeasurementProductivity Measurement and modelsSignificance of ProductivityFactors Influencing ProductivityProductivity Improvement StrategiesIndustrial ProductivitySummaryExerciseWork StudyIntroductionImportance of Work StudyHuman Considerations in Work StudyQualities of Work Study ManWork Study ProcedureTime and method StudyWork Study as a means to Improve Productivity (Relationship between Work Study and Productivity)SummaryExercise?Method StudyDefinitions! Objectives and ScopeMethod Study ProcedureJob Selection for Method StudyCharts and Diagrams for Recording DataTherbligsCycle Graph and Chronocycle GraphMicro Motion Study and Film AnalysisPrinciples of Motion EconomyDevelopment and Installation of New MethodsMaintaining the Installed MethodSummaryExerciseWork MeasurementDefinition and ObjectivesWork Measurement and TechniquesWork SamplingEquipments for Time StudyJob Selection for Work MeasurementStop Watch Time Study and its ProcedureMethods of RatingAllowancesDetermining Normal and Standard TimesPMTS and its TypesSummaryNumerical ProblemsErgonomicsIntroductionHistory of DevelopmentObjectivesMan-Machine System! its Design and ComponentsIntroduction to Structure of Human BodyMeasure of Physiological FunctionsApplied AnthropometryDesign of Seat and Work SurfaceVisual Display DesignEnvironmental FactorsSummaryExercise ...
