time spent in producing tested documented programs against the estimate or standard for the amount of work involved We can measure the throughhess of the program or system developed: the degree of compliance with standards~ the frequency of reaching a successful end-of-job versus an abort Equipment utilization can be measured in terms of number and type of reruns~ the effective throughput rate of the equipment versus the estimated or standard rate~ the amount of time spent in down-time due to equipment failure I hope that t have encouraged you to think seriously about standards and t h e i r i m p a c t on y o u r o p e r a t i o n s One m a n a g e r summ~ed i t up r a t h e r n e a t l y when he s a i d ~ HI f e e l s t r o n g l y t h a t g o o d m a n a g e m e n t w i l l h a v e much m o r e e f
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