This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. Metrics for product development were quite simple in the 1980s. Companies measured R&D spending, counted their patents, ...

Panelists discuss how quality metrics should focus on keeping patients out of hospitals through core medical therapies, measuring all-cause hospitalizations and days spent at home in the community, ...

Metrics are a vital part of a successful ergonomics process. Typically, the need to implement an ergonomics process comes from the desire to reduce injuries and costs, which are lagging metrics.

In Part 1 of this article, I defined process metrics and contribution metrics, explained the difference between them, and identified the most-common measures in each category. In part 2, we'll explore ...