Workforce Cross Training

Informationen zum Autor David A. Nembhard Zusammenfassung Offers an overview of the best practices for workforce cross training, including information on individual and team behavior and performance from a variety of disciplines such as operations management, industrial engineering, and behavioral psychology. Inhaltsverzeichnis WORKFORCE OPERATIONS. Design and operation of a cross-trained workforce. Job assignment. Factors affecting cross training performance in serial production systems. Cross training in production systems with human learning and forgetting. Valuing workforce cross training flexibility. CROSS-TRAINED TEAMS. Best practices in cross-trained teams. Team Training in complex environments. APPLICATIONS OF WORKFORCE CROSS TRAINING. Workforce cross training in call centers from an operations management perspective. Partial pooling in tandem lines with cooperation and blocking. Design of a labor-intensive assembly cell in the clean room of a medical device manufacturer.

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• Authors: David A. Nembhard, David A. (Pennsylvania State University Nembhard
• Assisted by: David A. Nembhard (Editor), David A. (Pennsylvania State University Nembhard (Editor), Nembhard David A. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.04.2007
• EAN: 9780849336324
• ISBN: 978-0-8493-3632-4
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; Product Design, Economics, Public Relations, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Engineering, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Design / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Health & Safety, environmental science, engineering & technology, Personnel & human resources management, Engineering: general, Personnel and human resources management, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Ergonomics