Niebels Methods, Standards, and Work Design 12 th edition

By Andris Frievalds

Errata List (updated 6/4/08)

Errors found in the 12th edition first printing (on the back of the title page, the first digit above
ISBN number is a 1)

P.36, Fig. 2.10 is incorrect (4 delays "in stack" prior to each operation are missing). Correct one is
found in 11th edition.

P.65, Prob. 1 Crash Schedule, the dollar cost for "L" is 3,200 instead of 2,200.

P.226, Prob. 7, line 2, it should read 2,300 panels.

P.382, the second table should read Max rij instead of Min rij

P.385, the last equation above Table 9.7 should have 21,566 instead of 12,566.

P.417, Fig. 10.6, there should be an arrow from the circled 11 to the number .177.

P.437, Prob. 14, the videos are shown on the website (instead of CD).

P.534, Fig. 13.17, the last element on the top line should be A1 instead of A0.

P.554, Ex. 14.2, the title should read Correlated Observations.

P.574, Prob. 10, add this as the last sentence to the problem statement: Expected output is 50
units/shif.

P.654, Ex. 18.2, delete the last part of the last sentence (of y = 84.17 x -0.1452) and replace with
the following: for which the rate of learning has improved, because the assumption is that the
operator will still reach the standard time in 265 cycles. However, the total learning will have
increased because of the remission.