Process time refers to the time spent to complete a process. You can measure process time through the use of a time study. Time studies are resource-intensive, both from a time and cost perspective.

The technology industry’s love of buzzwords is no secret. The pursuit of the “next big thing” means that every year a new spat of words enters the lexicon. Big data. The internet of things. Digital ...

Fresh asphalt laid this week on Jefferson Street is among the first visible signs of Napa’s Measure G tax revenue at work — the start of what city officials say will be a multi-year investment in ...

Using process theory, a type of scientific observation, individuals measure how events in a specific process lead to an outcome. According to this theory, when a company wants to reproduce an outcome, ...

You may have heard the phrase “what gets measured gets managed.” So when we want something done, we slap a metric on it and manage toward that metric. Seems reasonable enough, right? It’s not, though.

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The pandemic has clearly shifted the way that startup employees work with their companies. What was once viewed with some suspicion – employees who would rather work from home than alongside their ...

For a 4-day workweek to be successful, CHROs and other organizational leaders must take conscious steps to redesign work and help employees embrace tech-based productivity and time-saving tools, ...

A remarkable event took place in New York on Feb. 2. The Microsoft-guided Information Work Productivity Council convened an invitation-only forum to discuss what’s known about the contributions of ...

A tape measure can be a simple tool...until it isn't. The tape doesn’t seem to reach everywhere I want to measure without bending and for some projects I need a second person. So what's the answer?

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Of all the new stuff in the iOS 12 beta, the one that probably best demonstrates Apple's big push into augmented reality is the Measure app. Announced at WWDC 2018, Measure is a default Apple app ...