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Lecture 1 Motion and Time Study

Frederick W. Taylor developed time study to transfer skills from management to workers. Motion and time study measure how long tasks take and find more efficient ways of working. A hospital used time study to determine how to improve accessibility of HR personnel by analyzing phone call patterns and establishing new systems. Motion and time study can increase productivity by standardizing times and improving processes.

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Lecture 1 Motion and Time Study

Frederick W. Taylor developed time study to transfer skills from management to workers. Motion and time study measure how long tasks take and find more efficient ways of working. A hospital used time study to determine how to improve accessibility of HR personnel by analyzing phone call patterns and establishing new systems. Motion and time study can increase productivity by standardizing times and improving processes.

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Time study is the one element in scientific management beyond all others making possible the transfer of skill

from management to men.. Frederick W. Taylor

Motion and Time Study

Operations Management 345 Mayra Calderon Dr. Foster


May 2003

Overview
Motion and Time Study Defined
History

Details about Motion and Time Study Motion and Time Study in your organization Real World Example Summary of Presentation Reading List

What is Motion and Time Study


Motion Study is designed to determine to best way to complete a repetitive job
Time Study measures how long it takes an average worker to complete a task at a normal pace

History of Motion and Time Study


Frank B. Gilbreth, Lillian M Gilbreth
-1885, he begun to develop motion study

Frederick W. Taylor
-1881, he started to develop time study

History of Motion and Time Study


Used Separately
Became interrelated

History of Motion Study


Bricklaying
Tools Used
Motion camera

History of Time Study


Started at a machine shop home with his family
Tools
Stopwatch & Clipboard

Tools Used Today.


Computers Bar codes Accustudy Software

Details of Motion and Time Study


Motion Study
Improve methods It measures distance, or how much you move to do a job, and how much you get done in a period of time

Time study
Establish standards Looked at the average time it took an average worker

Computing Standards
Estimating Performance records Stopwatch time study Standard data Time study formulas Work sampling schedules Queuing theory

How to use Motion and Time Study in your Organization


Manufacturing Office Banks Department Stores Hospitals

How do you decide if you need to do a Motion and Time Study


Are costs too high(is there a problem)? Why is there a problem? How can it be solved? Which alternative is better? Choose the best alternative

Real World Example A Company Using Time Study


Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center Problem
HR Personnel was not very accessible to employees at the hospital Hard to reach the right person to answer questions Inefficient voice-mail system

Real World Example A Company Using Time Study


Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center
Tools Used
Bar-coding system Computer

Other
Determining the busiest time of the day Establishing categories

Real World Example A Company Using Time Study


Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center
Discoveries
Majority of calls were for appointments Many calls from outside sources for job verification

Results Continued..
Implementations
New systems New positions Improving service and costs

Motion and Time Study Problem


There is a group of students stuffing envelopes. They have to put three different color-coded pages in the envelopes(red, white, orange).

Motion and Time Study Problem


Operation inserting the color page

1 cycle

2 cycle

3 cycle

T (min)

RF

NT

Color Red

0.02

0.06

0.03

0.036

1.15

0.0414

Color White

0.03

0.03

0.03

0.03

1.05

0.0315

Color Orange

0.02

0.05

0.07

0.046

1.00

0.046

Motion and Time Study Problem


Compute the standard time
Compute number of envelopes stuffed in one hour

Solution
To compute the standard time
Adjust the normal cycle with an allowance factor of 10 percent ST= (NT)(1-AF) = (.1189)(1-.10) =.1070 min

To compute number of envelopes in one hour


60 min/.1070min/envelope= 560 envelopes an hour

Summary of Presentation
This presentation looks at Motion and Time Study as a method to reduce costs and increase productivity. The history of Motion and Time Study Details of Motion and Time Study

Summary of Presentation
Reasons to implement Motion and Time Study in your organization The use of Motion and Time Study at Cooper Hospital/University Center An Exercise

Reading List

Aharonson-Daniel, L.; Fung, H.;Hedley, A.J., Time studies in A&E departments- a useful tool for management, Journal of Management in Medicine, Hong Kong. 1996. Vol. 10, Issue 3. Anonymous, Program boosts efficiency of time-&-motion studies, Plastics Engineering, Brookfield Center. April 2002. Vol. 58, Issue 4. Barnes, Ralph Mosser, Motion and Time Study, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Los Angeles,CA.1980. Dossett, Royal J., Work-measured labor standards- The state of the art, Industrial Engineering, Norcross. April 1995. Vol. 27, Issue 4. Hayes, John R., Memo busters, Forbes, New York. April 1995. Vol. 155, Issue 9.

Reading List Continued.

Koepfer, Chris, Automating time studies, Modern Machine Shop, Cincinnati. September 2002. Vol. 75, Issue 4. Niebel, Benjamin W., Motion and Time Study, Richard D. Irwin, Inc., Homewood, Ill. 1988. Russell, Roberta S.; Taylor, Bernard W., Operations Management, Prentice Hall Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ.2003. Stevens, Larry, Time Study Prompts New HR Efficiencies, Personnel Journal, Santa Monica. April 1994. Vol. 73, Issue 4.

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