TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessing human capital
T2 - A lean manufacturing example
AU - Needy, Kim La Scola
AU - Norman, Bryan A.
AU - Bidanda, Bopaya
AU - Ariyawongrat, Poonsiri
AU - Tharmmaphornphilas, Wipawee
AU - Warner, Rona Colosimo
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors appreciate the National Science Foundation for its generous support of this research through grant DMI-9908707. We also thank the Eaton Corporation, Industrial & Commercial Controls Group, Beaver Facility for its continued support.
PY - 2002/9/1
Y1 - 2002/9/1
N2 - This article describes an approach and methodology that explicitly considers the assessment of human capital in a lean manufacturing environment supported by cellular manufacturing. It details a systematic approach where human capital is inventoried in the form of developing a skills database. Specific critical skills are identified, grouped, and placed onto a Skills Inventory Form (SIF). The SIF is used to assess the skill levels of each worker via an employee, supervisor, and consensus assessment approach. The approach is illustrated in a Fortune 100 company, showing how to use it to drive training requirements, change hiring practices, assign workers, and establish compensation and reward systems.
AB - This article describes an approach and methodology that explicitly considers the assessment of human capital in a lean manufacturing environment supported by cellular manufacturing. It details a systematic approach where human capital is inventoried in the form of developing a skills database. Specific critical skills are identified, grouped, and placed onto a Skills Inventory Form (SIF). The SIF is used to assess the skill levels of each worker via an employee, supervisor, and consensus assessment approach. The approach is illustrated in a Fortune 100 company, showing how to use it to drive training requirements, change hiring practices, assign workers, and establish compensation and reward systems.
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U2 - 10.1080/10429247.2002.11415171
DO - 10.1080/10429247.2002.11415171
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0036756858
SN - 1042-9247
VL - 14
SP - 35
EP - 39
JO - EMJ - Engineering Management Journal
JF - EMJ - Engineering Management Journal
IS - 3
ER -