To change an organisations methods or management structure to gain savings and improve profitability

Production is organised along a moving line where each worker performs one process

The computer control of machine processes

Computer Numerically Controlled Lathe

Money or benefits given to an employee to replace lost wages or expenses when he or she is injured at work

Replacing manual processes with computers and software packages, e.g. Accounting, drawing and designing

Maintaining the levels and quality of natural resources for the future

The demonstration of well executed high order practical skills

To pass duties to others, e.g. managers ask people in their department to perform a task for them

The concept which links human ingenuity to selected activities in order to meet needs and find solutions. Design is a process that seeks to solve a problem in the best possible way.