STUDY TIME: A TOOL TO GAIN MORE PRODUCTIVITY

For many time has been an important factor in all aspects of life. Its so
important that defines everything we do, and imply in every aspect of
productivity. So lets consider a way we can use it in the best way to
achieve more in productivity. A tool is time study. Time study is a work
measurement technique for recording the times of performing a certain
specific job or its elements carried out under specified conditions, and for
analyzing the data so as to obtain the time necessary for an operator to
carry it out at a defined rate of performance.
If time studies are to be made, certain items of equipment are essential.
Basic time study equipment consists of a stop-watch, a study board, and
time study forms. The study person will need to be carrying the timing
and recording devices whenever a time study is made. In addition, in the
study office, there must be facilities for assisting with the analysis of the
time study. These may vary from a small calculator to a personal
computer. Other measuring instruments will be required from time to time
to obtain data on the work being measured most work study offices will
have (access to) such devices as tape measures, steel rules, micrometers,
spring balances, and so on.
As in method study, the first step in time study is to select the job to be
studied. Generally speaking, there are few occasions when a work study
person can go into a working area or a department and select a job at
random. There is nearly always a reason why a particular job requires
attention.
If the purpose of the study is the setting of performance standards, it
should not normally be undertaken until method study has been used to
establish and define the most satisfactory way of doing the job. The
reason for this is obvious; if the best method has not been discovered by
systematic study, there is always the possibility that a much better way
of doing it may be evolved, either by the workers themselves or by
technical staff a way which may need considerably less work to achieve
the results required. The amount and nature of the reduction in work may
vary at different times, according to which worker happens to be doing
the job and the method chosen.

Como vimos en el pequeo artculo, el estudio del tiempo es El estudio de

tiempos es una tcnica de medicin del trabajo empleada para registrar
los tiempos y ritmos de trabajo correspondientes a los elementos de una
tarea definida, efectuada en condiciones determinadas, y para analizar
los datos a fin de averiguar el tiempo requerido para efectuar la tarea
segn una norma de ejecucin preestablecida.
De manera que teniendo en cuenta este concepto simple desarrollndolo
podremos lograr optimizar las actividades para ahorrar tiempo que nos
resultara en mejorar la productividad.