BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Method Study
- the systematic recording, examination, and analysis of existing and proposed ways of conducting work tasks in order to discover the most efficient and economical methods of performing them. The basic procedure followed in method study is as follows: select the area to be studied; record the data; examine the data; develop alternative approaches; install the new method; maintain the new method. Method study forms part of work study and is normally conducted prior to work measurement. The technique was initially developed to evaluate manufacturing processes but has been used more widely to evaluate alternative courses of action. It is based on research into motion study conducted by Frank and Lillian Gilbreth during the 1920s and 1930s.
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- New Gold Inc.: New Afton Cu-Au Project, New Resource Estimation-Confidence Level Increased, Mining Method Study Completed
- New Gold Inc. (TSX: NGD)(AMEX: NGD) is pleased to release the new resource estimation, and the results of the Mining Method study for its New Afton Project, located 10 kilometres west of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. The new resource is compliant with National Instrument 43-101. It was independently estimated...
- Research articles 2006-09-21
- New Gold Inc.: New Afton Cu-Au Project, New Resource Estimation-Confidence Level Increased, Mining Method Study Completed.
- VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Sep 21, 2006 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- New Gold Inc. (TSX:NGD)(AMEX:NGD) is pleased to release the new resource estimation, and the results of the Mining Method study for its New Afton Project, located 10 kilometres west of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. ...
- Research articles 2006-09-21
- US death by injection under fire as execution method: study
- WASHINGTON AFP — Lethal injections used to execute death sentences do not guarantee that the condemned will die without suffering, a new study found. The three-drug method, used in most US death penalty executions, includes one drug to induce sleep, another to stop breathing and a third to stop...
- Research articles 2007-04-24
- Study examines effectiveness of dietary recall method.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-14 May 2003-US ARS: Study examines effectiveness of dietary recall methodC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:05142003 A human nutrition research procedure called the "dietary recall method" can be used effectively to gauge people's food consumption, according to a new study by...
- Research articles 2003-05-14
- The impact and valuation of off-balance-sheet activities concealed by equity method accounting.
- SYNOPSIS: This paper reports the results of a study of the financial reporting effects of off-balance-sheet activities concealed by the equity method of accounting. The study examines footnote disclosures relating to equity method investees, offers suggestions for improving the usefulness of those disclosures, and estimates the valuation effects of information...
- Research articles 2003-12-01
- Merger Accounting Changes To Eliminate Higher Earnings and Share Price Growth Offered By Pooling Method
- MINNEAPOLIS--BUSINESS WIRE--July 27, 1999-- Companies utilizing the pooling method of accounting for merger transactions had stock prices one year later that were on average 15.7 percentage points higher than companies using the purchase method, according to a new study just released by U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray. For the...
- Research articles 1999-07-27
- Ergo research honored: movement study may help industrial ergonomists.(Liberty Mutual Best Paper Award)(Brief Article)
- A study of shoulder kinematics during wheelchair use revealed a new method for researchers to investigate awkward or harmful shoulder postures during repetitive tasks. It was awarded the 2005 Liberty Mutual Best Paper Award. A study of shoulder kinematics during wheelchair use revealed a...
- Research articles 2005-10-01
- Application of the slow coherency decomposition method to the Yemeni network
- AbstractThis paper reviews the slow coherency method for decomposing multi-machine power systems into coherent areas. The slow coherency method identifies weakly coupled groups of generators with the slowest inter-area modes of oscillation. This decomposition method has a sound mathematical basis. A case study is described in which the decomposition technique...
- Research articles 2004-01-01
- Internet vs. Telephone Data Collection: Does Method Matter?
- Differences in survey responses resulting from using an Internet survey instead of a phone survey were explored in a recent Burke, Inc. research and development project. This white paper presents findings from their search. Three-hundred eighty-six Web interviews and 500 telephone interviews were conducted for the study. Unlike previous efforts...
- White papers 2000-01-01
- Optimizing Portfolio Allocations Using Excess Returns: A Case Study
- This case study is about The Directed Account Plan formerly TWA Pilots. The Directed Account Plan provides participants with a menu of model portfolio multi-manager investment choices. Each multi-manager investment option has a specific objective (e.g. large U.S. growth) and managers in the portfolio all manage their portfolios toward that...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Method of Comparing 3-D Image Consistency and Quality Between Commercially Available 3-D Scanners
- This paper signifies the fact about the 3-D scanners that are available commercially. This study was designed to characterize differences between the Vitronic Vitus Pro scanner and the Cyberware WB4 scanner. This method can be used to compare scanners or poses scanners. The techniques developed for this comparison study can...
- White papers 2003-05-30
- Ultimate Strength Analysis of Stiffened Panels Using a Beam-Column Method
- An efficient beam-column approach, using an improved systematic numerical method, is developed in this study for studying the ultimate strength problems of stiffened panels with two load cases. This study presents an improved systematic numerical integration procedure to calculate the ultimate strength of a beam-column under axial compression, end moments,...
- White papers 2003-01-15
- 80% of users prefer e-mail as business communication tool, says META Group; New study shows phone no longer the preferred communication method.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-25 April 2003-META GROUP: 80 of users prefer e-mail as business communication tool, says META Group; New study shows phone no longer the preferred communication methodC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:04242003 Fleet, Hampshire -- META Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: METG) today announced...
- Research articles 2003-04-25
- Correction of partial-volume effect for PET striatal imaging: Fast implementation and study of robustness
- PET imaging of D^sub 2^ receptors or ^sup 18^F-L-dopa metabolism are reference protocols to follow and study neurodegenerative diseases, but the accuracy of striatal PET imaging is limited by the partial-- volume effect PVE. For such studies, the geometric transfer matrix GTM method has been proposed to correct the regional...
- Research articles 2002-12-01
- An iterative method for algorithms implementation on a limited dynamically reconfigurable hardware
- Abstract: In this study we propose a framework and a combined temporal partitioning and design space exploration method for run time reconfigurable processors. Our objective is to help designers to implement an algorithm in limited FPGA area resources while respecting the execution time constraint. The algorithm to be implemented is...
- Research articles 2006-05-01
- Insurers Love New Hurricane Study
- Insurance companies say they are only a hurricane away from being obliterated by a killer storm producing thousands of claims, and need to charge higher rates in coastal states. No surprise, then, that they've embraced a recent study published in Nature -- one that found the last decade of Atlantic...
- Blog posts 2009-10-05
- A Study of the Factors Effecting Organizational Effectiveness
- This study explores the important issues of the factors that effect organizational effectiveness. The research method adopted was the case study of the qualitative research and the data was collected by in-depth interviews. In the process of the research, 30 employees were interviewed, including ten mangers and twenty workers. This...
- White papers 2003-06-09
- Method Emergence In Practice - Influences And Consequences
- This paper explores the relationship between what influences and shapes the unique and locally situated method-in-action and how it consequently emerges. Based on a synthesis of prominent Information Systems Development literature, an analytical framework is developed. The framework is organised into three perspectives: The structuralist; The individualist and the interactive...
- White papers 2005-04-27
- McDonald's may require its processors to use a new method for slaughtering poultry that animal rights groups say is more humane
- McDonald's may require its processors to use a new method for slaughtering poultry that animal rights groups say is more humane. The company is studying "controlled atmosphere killing," in which chickens are put to sleep with inert gas, such as nitrogen or argon, replacing a process in which chickens are...
- Research articles 2005-01-10
- Merck Corrects Description of a Statistical Method Used in APPROVe Study; Study Results Unchanged
- WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. -- Merck & Co., Inc. is correcting its prior description of one of the statistical methods used to analyze certain data in the APPROVe study published in 2005, and has notified the study authors, the New England Journal of Medicine NEJM and regulatory authorities. Merck recently discovered...
- Research articles 2006-05-30
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