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Benchmark<strong>in</strong>g: <strong>HIM</strong> <strong>Processes</strong><br />

Notes/Comments/Questions<br />

Issues Impact<strong>in</strong>g Productivity<br />

• Environment<br />

(workplace/space/noise/hormones)<br />

• Technology (PC, access to on-l<strong>in</strong>e<br />

documents and other reports, pr<strong>in</strong>ters)<br />

• Ease of connection<br />

• Skills<br />

• Education and<br />

Experience<br />

3<br />

Factors Affect<strong>in</strong>g Productivity<br />

• Diversity makes jobs more reward<strong>in</strong>g<br />

• Specialization/Division of Labor improves<br />

productivity<br />

• Discussed by Adam Smith <strong>in</strong> his economics<br />

book An Inquiry <strong>in</strong>to the Nature and<br />

Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776)<br />

• 10 p<strong>in</strong> makers-do<strong>in</strong>g all 18 tasks to make a<br />

p<strong>in</strong> ≅200 p<strong>in</strong>s per day<br />

• 10 p<strong>in</strong> makers-each do<strong>in</strong>g specialized<br />

tasks to make a p<strong>in</strong> (assembly l<strong>in</strong>e)<br />

≅48,000 p<strong>in</strong>s per day<br />

[Adam Smith]<br />

4<br />

A<strong>HIM</strong>A 2007 Audio Sem<strong>in</strong>ar Series 2

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