Work Instructions

Review
the article “8 ways electronic work instructions are transforming the
shop floor” from this week’s reading assignment. This article discusses
the importance of work instructions and how these instructions have
improved a company that runs a shop floor environment. Assume that you
are a manager for the company in this article. Considering the methods
that have been used in the past and that are currently being used as
mentioned in the article, explain what you feel the pros and cons are to
electronic work instructions. Using outside research, what other work
instructions might you introduce to the work place? You should include a
minimum of two additional techniques not mentioned in this article. Use
your course materials and outside research to generate a solid analysis
on why these methods would be helpful. Your analysis should be
supported by research.

Directions for obtaining the
file: Login to the Grantham University library by clicking on the
Resources tab from the main page. You will then log into EBSCOHost. Once
you have accessed the database, simply copy and paste the title of the
article and press enter to search and you should now have the file
accessible to review.

The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:

• Write between 750 – 1,250 words (approximately 3 – 5 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example below.
• Use font size 12 and 1” margins.
• Include cover page and reference page.
• At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.
• No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.
• Use
  at least three references from outside the course material, one
  reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other
  materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the
  three reference requirement.
• Cite all reference material (data,
  dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper
  and list on a reference page in APA style.

References must
come from sources such as, scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, CNN,
online newspapers such as, The Wall Street Journal, government websites,
etc. Sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. are not
acceptable for academic writing. 

8_ways_electronic_work_instructions_are_transforming_the_shop_floor.pdf