Sunday, September 11, 2016

Operator Productivity Improvement Using Appropriate Hand Tools

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING is redesign (engineering) of Products, Facilities and Processes for Productivity increase.
Productivity Management Imperative for USA - McKinsey. Returning US productivity to its long-term trend of 2.2 percent annual growth would add $10 trillion in cumulative GDP over the next ten years (2023 - 2030).

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Hand tool manufacturers are continuously developing new hand tools and power tools that give more productivity. Motion study specialists and human effort engineers have to monitor developments in hand tools and power tools to do engineering economic analysis and acquire them for the organization as early as possible.

Combination tools save the time of releasing and picking the tools.

Read some of the claims made by tool manufacturers regarding productivity improvement possibility.

High Performance Tools for Carpet Cleaning
http://www.cfrcorp.com/docs/CFR108_Tools_fin.qrk.pdf

High Tension Hacksaw
https://www.milwaukeetool.com/press-releases/milwaukee-extends-hand-tool-line-with-high-tension-hacksaw

High Productivity Tools from Damar International
http://www.ainsmag.co.uk/powpr/4611da1a_wright_hand_tools.htm



Industrial engineers can also design hand tools. Their familiarity with number of hand tools will provide them with concepts to make more productive hand tools.


Information on more productivity improving hand tools welcome.

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