General Electric (GE) requested the project team to create a comprehensive, user-friendly employee productivity tool using existing data. The tool creates a series of customizable reports describing direct labor productivity (DLP), indirect manufacturing expense (IME) and rework expense that are more accessible to users and are sent out via email weekly. The reports allow the user to more accurately assess plant productivity at various levels and aid in an increase plant productivity.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Ireland, Corey Orton.
• Coy, Christopher Michael.
• Begin, Ernest J.
• Fontecchio, Joseph Michael.

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 05D014M

Advisor

• Loiacono, Eleanor T.

Year

• 2005

Sponsor

• GE Aircraft Engines

Date created

• 2005-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Management Information Systems

Rights statement

• In Copyright