Title: Designed to work : production systems and people /
Authors: Lund, Robert T.
Publisher: PTR Prentice-Hall,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Polaroid Corporation.; Sikorsky Aircraft (Firm); Timken Corporation.; Westinghouse Electric Corporation.; Whirlpool Corporation.; Production planning.; Human-machine systems Planning.; Work design Case studies.
Contents: 1. Introduction -- Engineers Design Jobs, Not Just Machines -- Motivation for This Study -- Findings, In Brief -- Implications of the Findings -- Who Should Be Concerned? -- Organization of This Book -- 2. Survey Design and Results -- Research Design -- Company Background -- Examples of Computer-Based Process Installations -- Human Factors Policies -- Policy Diversity -- 3. Human Factors Design Principles: A Text Review -- Handbook Review -- Design Text Review -- Evaluation -- Other Critiques -- 4. Case Studies -- Purpose -- Approach -- Case Selection -- Methodology -- 5. Polaroid Corporation -- Viewfinder Assembly Machine -- Company -- Product: Viewfinder for the Spectra Camera -- Process: Viewfinder Assembly Machine -- Design Process -- Human Factors Considerations During Machine Design -- Impacts of the Machine Design -- 6. Sikorsky Aircraft -- Spindle/Cuff Machining Cell -- Product -- Process: Spindle/Cuff Cell -- Design Process --^