Metrics are a vital part of a successful ergonomics process. Typically, the need to implement an ergonomics process comes from the desire to reduce injuries and costs, which are lagging metrics.

I’ve always thought the delivery performance metric best reflects how well integrated the various functions are and how interdependent they all are if we expect to consistently perform at a high level ...

As one of the top research universities in the world, Stanford houses a program that takes a meta approach to research itself — the Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS). METRICS was ...

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. Metrics for product development were quite simple in the 1980s. Companies measured R&D spending, counted their patents, ...

(Note: This is part 4 of my four-part series, "Topics in Healthcare Innovation"; links to companion articles follow this post.) “How’m I doing?” It’s not just former NYC mayor Ed Koch who’s asking. At ...

Of course you like them; you hired them. And of course you're rooting for them – they work on your behalf every day. If your small business is like many others, you run a tightly knit operation that ...