The Renaissance of Industrial Engineering Presented in the Example of the Competencies for Time Data Determination

Approaches to increase productivity systematically, such as work measurement, require time data management (TDM) as an essential fundament. In these days many manufacturing companies are facing the challenge to rebuild or establish industrial engineering competencies and therefore also competencies in TDM. The central role of the management control over its strategic and operative planning and decision making business criteria is assigned to the manufacturing company's TDM. Based on a literature review an approach to develop a structure to specify relevant attributes describing the required competencies for TDM in the example of time determination is presented.