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The article explains the importance for companies to improve their operations management and organizational behavior management and factors that motivate employees' performance and job satisfaction. Topics discussed include job design and redesign, job empowerment and enrichment, job rotation, job flexibility, workplace safety, role of workplace culture in affecting employees' attitudes, behaviors and motivation, ways to instill customer service into the company, and employees as company asset.

The Dutch start-up company Stil B.V. has teamed up with the German ACE Stoßdämpfer GmbH to develop an anti-tremor orthosis. The orthosis is intended to help people with Parkinson's disease or essential tremor who suffer from involuntary shaking in their arms. Stil has found various partners and supporters in the Netherlands and is continuously working on improving the design of the orthosis. ACE Stoßdämpfer GmbH brings specific knowledge and solutions for vibration damping and speed regulation to meet Stil's requirements. The orthosis is currently being tested in a clinical study and is planned to be introduced to the Dutch healthcare market later on. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the growing possibility of a four-day work week in the United States. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that workplace structures can change and still be successful, leading to increased consideration of a shorter work week. A KPMG poll found that nearly one-third of US companies are exploring the idea of dropping one day a week. Trials and studies of the four-day work week have been positive, with benefits including improved work-life balance, increased productivity, and reduced stress. European countries are already undertaking large-scale trials and passing laws to implement shorter work weeks. Implementing a successful four-day work week requires substantial work redesign and streamlining operations. Overall, the four-day work week is seen as a significant alternative that could reshape work in the future. [Extracted from the article]

The PK700T devices from Palfinger Railway are used in tunnel and subway systems in major cities such as Boston and Hong Kong to safely and precisely lift and maneuver heavy equipment. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in Boston and the subway network in Hong Kong use these devices for maintenance and renewal work on the tracks. The PK700T devices are specifically designed for work in tunnels and subway areas, enabling efficient and safe maintenance work. The devices are expected to be delivered by the end of 2023. [Extracted from the article]

THE SERPENTINE GALLERIES in London has appointed Yesomi Umolu its director of cultural affairs and public practice. In a statement, Serpentine Galleries CEO Bettina Korek and Artistic Director Hans Ulrich Obrist praised Umolu's record of commissioning high-quality interdisciplinary programming. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers information on regional design firms of Colorado, Wyoming, and Dakota Territory. Topics discussed include information on infrastructure boom involving upgrades to Interstates 70 and 25 in Colorado, a freeway expansion through the I-15 technology corridor in Utah, and improvements on I-90 in northern Idaho; challenges for design firms from rise in uncertainties, talent shortages, and fees tighten; and information on regional revenue of Stantec.

Pepsi unveiled its new electric black-and-blue logo with much fanfare last month, sparking the usual back-and-forth debate among designers and laypeople over its appeal. Creative agency Mrs&Mr was one such agency that had a heavy hand in designing the logo, but received no credit when Pepsi first announced it, two people close to the matter told Ad Age. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses developments related to copyright in the U.S. as of March 2020. Topics discussed include the Copyright Clearance Center's (CCC) release of the initial version of the electronic commerce hub Marketplace, the House of Representatives' approval of the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement (CASE) Act of 2019, and the resignation of Karyn A. Temple as the 13th Register of Copyrights.

News GitHub, the software development and version controlservice provider owned by Microsoft, announced it would becutting 10% of its workforce and transitioning theremaining employees to remote work in order to safeguardthe company's immediate financial stability. Last month, GitHub-parent Microsoft announced the company'splans to lay off 10,000 employees. Business. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the Future Work Design project which have been used by human resources (HR) departments across the country. It mentions that local authorities were forced to swiftly develop emergency working practices to maintain service delivery during Covid-19. It reveals that situation created new work practices, meaning limited opportunity for the councils to moderate against potential risks to their staff.

The article discusses a range of lenses custom designed for work environments which includes Seiko Indoor Series lens from Seiko vision, occupational lens Optiform Office from Optimum and office lenses from Lenstec.

The article presents the discussion on Cevotec's fiber patch placement (FPP) technology for the dome reinforcement of composite pressure vessels enabling the calculation of the optimal overlaps and gaps between the patches by shifting the patches along the curve.

The article focuses on the Point Park University in Pittsburgh, PA, wanted to enrich their athletics program with a foray into esports, and hosting a competition off campus, they hoped to have a varsity team ready to compete in the National Association of Collegiate Esports Rocket League Fall Season and League of Legends. It mentions that they hoped to have a varsity team ready to compete in the National Association of Collegiate Esports Rocket League Fall Season and League of Legends.

In this article the author talks about the machine learning which has been used to make next Netflix recommendation, and the new frontier is trying to see if machine learning can help engineers or scientists do engineering and science better. It mentions that the broader goal is to demonstrate that machine learning can help rapidly design all kinds of technologies and engineered parts and assemblies.

For ergonomics to realize its full potential, it must integrate organizational design and management factors into its practice. Macroergonomics is a sociotechnical systems approach to the overall design of work systems. its goal is to achieve a fully harmonized work system with a design that complements an organization's technology, personnel, and environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the help of Nureva HDL300 audio conferencing systems of Massachusetts' Bristol Community College for students in remote classrooms that are conducted via audio and video conferencing. It mentions about audio conferencing which is vital to Bristol's use of distributed synchronous classes and also highlights the new HDL300 systems has been overwhelmingly positive, and complaints from remote students.

The article offers information on the design work at Boston Medical Center (BMC) located in Boston's historic South End and is the primary teaching affiliate for Boston University School of Medicine to reduce energy operating costs, usage, and carbon footprint while simultaneously benefiting their patients and the environment. It discusses that the many energy analysis studies enabled BMC to obtain utility incentives from Eversource Electric.

The article offers design news briefs. Topics include AVI Systems partnered with Thrivent Financial on its headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and HB helped Wells Fargo develop and install an engaging video wall experience at its new Hudson Yards office that brings beauty of calm to those who work there, and largest cybersecurity company in Massachusetts has consolidated multiple campus locations into a headquarters bursting with audiovisual technology integrated by McCann Systems.

The article discusses Quartz offering networked, 4K camera systems to be mounted on a jobsite's tower crane and vantage points for high resolution video coverage of a project and has launched Concrete Deck Analysis, performs automated and human-based visual analysis of floor decks.

Talks about a smart workflow purchase which lets the company do more work after removing the bottleneck. Workflow and imaging technologies combined in the management of CI; List of high-end workflows and resources. INSET: Recipe for a workflow RFP..

Focuses on the use of work design on personnel management in the U.S. Improvement of productivity and profits; Determination of time requirement by a qualified operator; Observation of work study and wage incentives on management tools.

Studies a procedure aimed at maximizing state-of-the-art ethylene process design. Temperature and utility pressure considerations; Energy savings benefits; Mechanics of operation of pinch technology; Project constraints; Balanced composite curves and energy targets; Design modifications aimed to prevent cracking furnaces. INSET: Pinch technology and process design..

Focuses on the best method of levelling in the facets of industrial engineering. Discovery of the number of job design defects; Refusal to set the standard on the job; Types of time study allowances.

Focuses on the application of work design approach to janitorial assignments. Skills acquired by a foreman in janitorial work systems; Conditions for investigating work design; Need to review materials, equipments and methods to improve work design.

Agile methodology based on an incremental, iterative approach. Instead of in-depth planning at the beginning of the project as done in the sequential waterfall method (aka stage-gate), the agile process is open to changing requirements over time and encourages constant feedback from customers. A Scrum project is broken into two- to three-week sprints of work followed by a design review and a team retrospective focused on improving the process. [Extracted from the article]

Discusses the need for simplification in video production. Picking the shortest and easiest methods; Planning the video production ahead of time; Simplifying the shoot; Preparing a shooting diagram before a set is decorated.

Features workflow automation software. CICS nature of the software for both people and programs; Expectations of great productivity gains from the software; Positive and negative ratings of the same.

Explains how literacy affects job design in American corporations. Data from the 1993 Adult Literacy Survey; Number of functionally illiterate over the age of 18; Historical perspective of job design; Sociologist Max Weber's proposed concept of standard operating procedures; Description of representative samples of each generalized grade level.

Focuses on the approach in selecting operators for industrial management. Demonstration of the work standard; Involvement of job design in the selection of an operator; Comparison between machine speed and operator speed.

The article informs that all active registered Institution of Mechanical Engineers members will be required to keep records of their continuing professional development. It mentions how one is keeping up with the latest developments to maintain knowledge. It also mentions if one gets selected for audit or don't provide any records, one could face sanction of losing Institution of Mechanical Engineers members' membership and registration.

The article discusses remodeling of practice areas by ophthalmologists to ease burden and to make treatment more efficient for patients. It mentions that adding of flat-screen monitors to exam lanes in practice areas provides patients education about retinal difficulties through audio visual aids. It further mentions that physicians have introduced lasers directly into the exam lanes to reduce inconvenience of patients to move from exam lane to the laser room to receive treatment.

The article discusses trends in front-line retail and other jobs traditionally viewed as low-skill. It reports many of these jobs involve more advanced skills and are subject to immediate computer-enabled customer feedback. The article advises companies to improve these jobs and provide more training, especially because front-line employees are critical to brand image. The Spanish grocery chain Mercadona and the work of the Ontario Literacy Coalition in Canada are discussed as examples.

The article examines the use of social media in marketing by the home improvement products chain store company Home Depot. The company's use of employees who serve as informal customer service and sales representatives through their participation in social media is discussed, particularly Home Depot's decision to make that assignment a part-time job in addition to serving as sales representatives at Home Depot Stores.

The move to a competence-based work system is investigated in the third article on the Modernising Nursing Careers: Setting the Direction document. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article reports that ABB Automation Technologies, an automation company, developed a new machine job that helped make the process more efficient for a paper company in New Zealand. Gayomurd Desai, a senior automation engineer for ABB Automation Technologies, New Zealand, worked with one of the customer company's engineers to replace the cams with electronics and the driveshaft with individual drives. The final system made use of ABB's ACS600/800 direct torque control drives in combination with programmable logic controllers. ABB said it kept the system economical by using the Profibus fieldbus network for communications between drives and controls.

Focuses on the application of productivity implementation plan to a work study. Administration of the work study program; Division of work study; Development of basic ten-step plan to implement a new program of work study for the purpose of productivity improvement.

The article discusses the causes of the Interstate-35 bridge collapse in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The author notes that engineers of the bridge should have been analyzed the design for all reasonably foreseeable situations, before building the structure. The author claims that it is more likely the flexing and fatigue of the bridge deck during repairs that caused the accident. Furthermore, he added that the twisting of the bridge also caused that failure due to the uneven load across its width.

The article presents insights on the complexity of the job of a design engineer. The author cites their study entitled "The 21st Century Engineer," which is set out to examine the encompassing job functions of the design engineer and shares its findings which reflect the degree to which the workload is given sharply for design engineers. She stresses that the expanding scope of the design engineer's job is a natural response to the increasing technological intricacy of end products.

Techniques for improving productivity and efficiency used in the car industry should be adopted in the NHS, leading strategists have said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the virtual training system for new equipment operators developed by Caterpillar Equipment Training Solutions Group. This training facility progressively takes a trainee from the basic control orientation through complex application tasks. The training can be used as a self-study tool or as part of a program led by an instructor. The Virtual Training System for hydraulic excavators is currently available. It featured an instructional design that moves operator trainees through increasingly difficult modules to enable the trainee to build skills.

The article features an ergonomic workstation by 80/20 Inc. T-slotted extrusions provide the adjustability to make a single work area ergonomically correct for several operators, and they can be redesigned as processes and procedures change. Standard components such as tool hangers, storage bins, swing arms and linear bearings allow quick and efficient setup changes. Many extrusions can also be used as a pressure manifold up to 150 pound per square inch.

Presents various information related to the design of systems and materials for various applications. Use of the microelectromechanical systems technology in optical switching applications; Success of Lockheed Martin company in the testing of an F-16 Joint Strike Fighter airplane using electric rather than hydraulic flight control actuation; Research on the use of pneumatic systems in the reduction of aerodynamic drag on tractor-trailer trucks.