Engineering decision-making economization

The politicimtion and economization of engineering decision-making. The Challenger case contains several examples of decisions about critical technical matters that were made on the basis of considerations having little to do with technical factors and much to do with political and/or... 

In other instances, it is sufficient for the plant engineer to have a less accurate measurement of what is going on. As well as being technically suitable for the purpose, the instrument chosen will reflect these considerations. In the case of process control, the instrumentation must be reliable and it must yield information, often over very long periods of time, which represents the state of the plant or the process and its history. It is on the basis of this information that the plant engineer will make decisions, many of which will affect the economic viability of the process and some of which will have a direct impact on the safe operation of the plant. 

Taylui, G.A. Managerial and Engineering Economy, Economic Decision Making, D Nostrand Co 7 New York, NY, 1966. 

The evaluation provides an objective view for decision making that is grounded in both engineering science and economics. 

It is part of the early decision-making process to assess which parts of the LIMS are to be subject to full validation and which are to be covered by good IT or engineering testing practice. The function of LIMS within the company computing architecture may mean that it is utilized for both product quality related and non-product-quality-related activities. The validation determination for LIMS ensures that the validation effort is focused toward those system elements with direct GxP impact. The justification for validating only certain parts of LIMS must be based on an assessment of the GxP criticality of the data in the LIMS database, the use of the data and the sources of the data. In the ideal world LIMS would be dedicated to GxP activities. However, the economics of the system may mean that it is not practical to separate GxP and non-GxP activities into separate systems. 

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