A Fair days work

- amount of work produced by

o qualified employee
o working at standard
pace
o effectively utilizing his
time where work is not
restricted by process
limitations
- Employee should give a full
days work for the time he gets
paid with reasonable
allowances for personal delay
and operating in the prescribed
method at a pace neither fast
nor slow
Qualified Employee
- average of those employees
fully trained and able to
satisfactorily perform any and
all phases of work
Standard Pace
- effective rate of performance
- self-paced
- qualified employee not
working neighter fast or slow
- giving consideration to
o physical
o mental
o visual requirements
Effective Utilization
- maintenance of standard phase
- performing essential elements
during all portions of the day
- except:
o reasonable rests
o personal needs
o jobs not subject to
machines, process,
equiptment

Time Study Requirements

- operator should be thoroughly
acquainted with new technique
- methods are standardized for
the job
- Analyst should tell union
stward, department supervisor
and operator about the job to
be studied
- Operator must verify if he is
performing the correct method
and be aquainted with all
details of that operation
- Supervisor must check the
method and make sure that the
tools and elements conform to
standard practice
- Amount of material must be
sufficient so no shortages take
place during the study
- Steward must make sure that
only trained and competent
operators are selected and
explain why the study is made
Analysts Responsibility
- ensure that correct method is
being used and accurately
record the times taken
- evaluate performance of
operator and refrain from
operator criticism
- Inaccuracy and poor
judegment affect the
o Union: Loss of
confidence
o Company: Financially
Supervisors Responsibility
- must notify operator in
advance that he will be studied
- See if proper method
established by methods
department is being utilized
- Operator selected must be
competent and has adequate
experience on the job

Verify that cutting tools are

properly ground, correct
lubricants are used, proper
selection of speeds, feeds and
cut depts.
- Make certain that operators
use the prescribed method
- Assisting and training
employees in perfecting this
method
- Must sign the original copy
indicating compliance of the
study
Unions Responsibility
- recognize standards for
profitable operation
- develop standard using
accepted work measurement
techniques
- Operators cannot be expected
to be enthustiatic about time
study
- Must include a complete record
of job conditions
o Work method
o Workstation layout
- Current job description is
accurate
- Encourage operator to
cooperate
Operators Responbility
- Employees: interested in
welfare of the company
- Support practices and
procedures by management
- Give new methods a fair trial
- Cooperate in helping to work
out bugs
- Work at a steady, normal pace
- Introduce as few foreign
elements and extra movements
as possible
- Use the exact method
prescribed
Time study Equiptment

traditional decimal minute

watch
- practical electronic watches
Videotape Camcorders
- recording operator methods
and elapsed time
- record exact details of methods
used and assign normal time
values
- excellent for training noob
Time Study Board
- suitable board to hold time
study form and stopwatch
- must be light, not tire arm and
sufficiently hard
Time Study forms
- details of study are recorded
here
- Record all pertinent
information
o Method being studied
o Tools utilized
o
Time study softwares
- Datawriter
- C-Four
- Quicktimes
- Workstudy
- QuickTS
- Multimedia Video Task
Analysis (MVTA)
Training Equiptment
- metronome assist in training of
time study
Time Study Elements
Choosing the Operator
- select operator with assistance
from supervisor
- operator that is average or
above average in performance
o works consistently and
systematically

o pace tends to be
approximately in the
standard range
- operator should be completely
trained
- has interest in doing a good job
- familiar with time study
procedures and practice
- cooperative enough to follow
though the suggestions by both
supervisor and time study
analyst
- operator should be approached
in a friendly manner and
demonstrate an understanding
of operaton
Recording Significant Information
- Anayst should record
o Machines
o Hand tools
o Jigs or fixtures
o Working conditions
o Materials
o Operations
o Operator name
o Clock number
o Department
o Study date
o Observers name
o Space for details under
remarks
- Sketch of layout would be
helpful
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