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Work Measurement

This document discusses various techniques for work measurement. It describes work measurement as involving three stages: analysis, measurement, and synthesis. The purposes of work measurement are to schedule work, allocate capacity, provide performance benchmarks, and set production standards. The key techniques discussed are time study, historical times, predetermined motion time systems, and work sampling. Time study involves observing and timing a worker over multiple cycles to develop a time standard.

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Work Measurement

This document discusses various techniques for work measurement. It describes work measurement as involving three stages: analysis, measurement, and synthesis. The purposes of work measurement are to schedule work, allocate capacity, provide performance benchmarks, and set production standards. The key techniques discussed are time study, historical times, predetermined motion time systems, and work sampling. Time study involves observing and timing a worker over multiple cycles to develop a time standard.

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WORK MEASUREMENT

INTRODUCTION
 Definition
 Qualified worker

-intelligence
-education
-necessary skills
PROCEDURE

• Three stages
 Analysis

 Measurement

 Synthesis
USES

 Compare the efficiency of alternative methods


 Balance the work of members of teams

 Number of machines an worker can run


 Provide information on which the planning and
scheduling of production
 Set standards of machine utilization and labor
performance
PURPOSE

 To schedule work and allocate capacity.


 To provide an objective basis for motivating the
workforce and measuring workers' performance.
 To bid for new contracts and to evaluate
performance on existing ones.
 To provide benchmarks for improvement.
TECHNIQUES OF WORK MEASUREMENT

 STOPWATCH TIME STUDY


 HISTORICAL TIMES
 PREDETERMINED MOTION TIME SYSTEM
 WORK SAMPLING OR ACTIVITY
SAMPLING OR RATIO DELAY METHOD
Time Study

 Development of a time standard based on


observations of one worker taken over a
number of cycles.
 The basic steps in a time study:
 Define the task to be studied
 Determine the number of cycles to observe
 Time the job
 Compute the standard time
HISTORICAL DATA

 The systematic collection and objective


evaluation of data related to past occurrences in
order to test hypothesis
 Shows actual time to complete a task
PREDETERMINED MOTION /TIME SYSTEMS

 Is a database of basic motion elements and their


associated normal time values, together with a set
of procedures for applying the data to analyze
manual tasks and establish standard times for the
tasks.
WORK SAMPLING
 Technique for estimating the proportion of time
that a worker or machine spends on various
activities and idle time.
 Work sampling involves making brief observations
of a worker or machine at random intervals
 Work sampling does not require

timing an activity
continuous observation of an activity
CASE STUDY
 Synopsis of the case

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