time-and-motion engineering

  • 1time and motion study — Synonyms and related words: annals, check sheet, chronicle, chronology, clock card, date slip, datebook, daybook, diary, efficiency engineering, efficiency expert, industrial engineering, journal, log, management consultant, management consulting …

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  • 2Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering — The Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering is the industrial engineering department at the Pennsylvania State University in State College, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Founded in 1908, it is the oldest industrial… …

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  • 3motion picture — motion picture, adj. 1. a sequence of consecutive pictures of objects photographed in motion by a specially designed camera (motion picture camera) and thrown on a screen by a projector (motion picture projector) in such rapid succession as to… …

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  • 4Motion (physics) — Motion involves change in position, such as in this perspective of rapidly leaving Yongsan Station In physics, motion is a change in position of an object with respect to time. Change in action is the result of an unbalanced force. Motion is… …

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  • 5Motion planning — (a.k.a., the navigation problem , the piano mover s problem ) is a term used in robotics for the process of detailing a task into discrete motions. For example, consider navigating a mobile robot inside a building to a distant waypoint. It should …

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  • 6Motion simulator — Simulator seating St. Louis Zoo A motion simulator or motion platform is a mechanism that encapsulates occupants and creates the effect/feelings of being in a moving vehicle. Motion simulators fall into two categories (described below) based on… …

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  • 7Time in physics — In physics, the treatment of time is a central issue. It has been treated as a question of geometry. One can measure time and treat it as a geometrical dimension, such as length, and perform mathematical operations on it. It is a scalar quantity… …

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  • 8Memo-Motion — or Spaced Shot Photography is a tool of time and motion study on long operations by using a camera. It was developed 1946 by Marvin E. Mundel at Purdue University first just to save film material while planned studies on kitchen work. Mundel… …

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  • 9Industrial engineering — is a branch of engineering dealing with the optimization of complex processes or systems. It is concerned with the development, improvement, implementation and evaluation of integrated systems of people, money, knowledge, information, equipment,… …

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  • 10industrial engineering — industrial engineer. engineering applied to the planning, design, and control of industrial operations. [1970 75] * * * Application of engineering principles and techniques of scientific management to the maintenance of high levels of… …

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