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12.4 Work Study and Productivity
Authors: J A SchriderPublication: NZIF Forestry Handbook, Volume Section 12 – Forestry personnel, pp 4, Dec 2023
Publisher: New Zealand Institute of Forestry
Abstract: The term work study is used in the New Zealand forest industry to describe a set of management tools and techniques to improve operational productivity and performance. The common perception of work study is that it relates only to time study and method study, however these are only two of a large suite of management disciplines, tools and techniques that originate from the industrial engineering and productivity improvement movement of the mid 20th century. These techniques have been successfully used across the wood supply chain by managers in the forest industry in New Zealand for over 50 years, but not necessarily under the name of work study.