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This document discusses time study and motion study techniques. It provides background on time study, detailing how it measures the time it takes workers to complete tasks. Various tools for conducting time and motion studies are presented, including stopwatches, computers, and software. The document outlines how motion study is used to improve methods, while time study establishes performance standards. Examples are given of industries that can benefit from these techniques, and how Cooper Hospital used a time study to improve accessibility of HR personnel. Overall, the document promotes time and motion studies as a way to reduce costs and increase productivity in organizations.

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Time Study

This document discusses time study and motion study techniques. It provides background on time study, detailing how it measures the time it takes workers to complete tasks. Various tools for conducting time and motion studies are presented, including stopwatches, computers, and software. The document outlines how motion study is used to improve methods, while time study establishes performance standards. Examples are given of industries that can benefit from these techniques, and how Cooper Hospital used a time study to improve accessibility of HR personnel. Overall, the document promotes time and motion studies as a way to reduce costs and increase productivity in organizations.

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Time Study

“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

• Time Study measures how long it takes an average worker to complete


a task at a normal pace

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

• 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

Motion and Time Study Problem

Operati on 1 cy cle 2 cy cle 3 cy cle T (min) RF NT


inserting the
color page

Color Red 0.02 0.06 0.03 0.036 1.15 0.0414

Color 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 1.05 0.0315


White

Color 0.02 0.05 0.07 0.046 1.00 0.046


Orange
• 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:
• 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

• Reasons to implement Motion and Time Study in your organization


• The use of Motion and Time Study at Cooper Hospital/University
Center

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