ABSTRACT

Methods design concept (MDC) contributed to effectiveness matter and work measurement (WM) to efficiency improvement. This chapter discusses the example of NRM and OCP, the two companies that improved their productivity as well as gained financially. There are a few backgrounds to get success story but those contents or methodology are based on MDC. NRM had professional consultant support and organized a special project activity for productivity improvement a few years ago. NRM marked so higher productivity and profitability improvement due to two factors of productivity such as methods (M) and performance (P). NRM had no experience of productivity improvement through software such as IE methodologies. The consultant supported the effectiveness and usefulness of productivity software that was IE. An impressive thing happened while the project activities were going on. The chairman and founder of NRM was invited to attend the steering meeting of project by the company's chief executive officer (CEO), as an opportunity to know the project activities.