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Outlook for computer process control : manpower implications in process industries / [prepared by Arthur Herman and Robert Ball, assisted by Richard Lyon].
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Herman, Arthur, 1933-2017.
- Ball, Robert, 1937-2021, author.
- Lyon, Richard, author.
- Series:
- Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics ; 1658.
- United States Bureau of Labor Statistics Bulletin ; 1658
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Process control--Data processing.
- Process control.
- Manufacturing processes--Automation.
- Manufacturing processes.
- Government publications.
- Genre:
- Online resources.
- Instructional and educational works.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 70 pages, 2 unnumbered pages) : illustrations.
- Other Title:
- Manpower implications in process industries
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1970.
- Summary:
- This study is one of a series prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on technological developments and their effect in different industries. This bulletin provides firsthand information on manpower and economic implications of computer process control through study of applications in user plants. The study focuses mainly on the effect of computer process control on employment, occupations, skills, training, and labor-management relations. Emphasis also is placed on the outlook for the future of this important innovation, the extent of its utilization by industry, and its impact on production and productivity. An account of the procedures that some companies used in planning and effecting changes may suggest to management and employee organizations measures that might be useful elsewhere.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Summary
- Role of the computer in process control
- Status and applications of process computers
- Costs and benefits of installing process control computers
- Manpower for planning and implementing computer process control
- Impact of employment and jobs
- New jobs required for computer process control
- Training for computer process control
- Labor-management adjustments
- Outlook for computer process control and manpower.
- Notes:
- Includes footnotes with bibliographical references, annotated bibliographical references (pages 64-70).
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (FRASER website, viewed July 10, 2018).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Herman, Arthur, 1933-2017. Outlook for computer process control
- OCLC:
- 988821299
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