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17 Cards in this Set
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Line Balancing
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The process of assigning tasks to workstations in such a way that the workstation have approximately equal time requirements
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Cycle Time
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The maximum time allowed at each to complete a set of tasks on a unit
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Precedence Diagram
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A diagram that shows elemental tasks and their precedence requirements
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Job Design
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The act of specifying the content and methods of jobs
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Specialization
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Work that concentrates on some aspect of a product
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Job Enlargement
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Giving a worker a larger portion of the total task, by horizontal loading
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Job Rotation
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Workers periodically exchange jobs
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Job Enrichment
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Increasing responsibility for planning and coordination tasks, by vertical loading
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Self-directed Teams
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Groups empowered to make certain changes in their work processes
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Ergonomics
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Incorporation of human factors in the design of the workplace
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Methods of Analysis
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Analyzing how a job is done
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Flow Process Chart
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Chart used to examine the overall sequence of an operation by focusing on movement of the operator or flow of materials
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Worker-machine Chart
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Chart used to determine portions of a work cycle during which an operator and equipment are busy or idle
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Motion Study
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Systematic study of the human motion used to perform an operation
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Motion Study Principles
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Guidelines for designing motion efficient work procedures
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Therbligs
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Basic elemental motions that make up a job
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Micromotion study
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Use of motion pictures and slow motion to study motions and otherwise would be too rapid to analyze
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