Methods Engineering Process

Agenda
! Select project
!Defining the problem - Exploratory Tools ! Get and present data
Problem-Solving Tools !Documenting the process - Recording ! Analyze data
and Analysis Tools ! Develop ideal
method
Exploratory and Recording and !Determine proper worker - machine ! Present and install
relationships - Quantitative Tools (Part method
Analysis Tools ! Develop job analysis
II) ! Establish time
standards
! Follow up

Selecting the Project Pareto Chart Pareto Chart

!Considerations !Developed by economist Vilfredo Pareto

! Economic ! The critical few >> 80-20 rule
! Human !Items of interest are identified and
! Technical measured on a common scale

Stream Diagnostic Chart Stream Diagnostic Chart Fishikawa Diagrams

! List of problems classified under Man, !Cause-and-effect diagrams

Machine, Methods, Materials or !Occurrence of undesirable effect - the
Management (or whichever is
fish head
applicable)
! The cause is attached to the tail of the !Identifying contributing factors or
arrow and the arrowhead is pointing to causes - the fish bones
the effect !Principal cause are also divided into
! Focus on problem with most Man, Machine, Methods, Material,
outgoing/incoming arrows Management, etc.
Fishikawa Diagrams Gantt Chart Gantt Chart

!Project planning and control tool

!Shows anticipated completion times for
activities as bars plotted against time on
the horizontal axis

Job/Worksite
Job/Worksite Analysis Guide Analysis Guide Other Tools

!Identifies problems within a particular !Brainstorming (Structured and

area, department or worksite Unstructured)
!Nominal Group Technique
!Check Sheet

Get and present data Operation Process Chart Operation Process Chart

!Documenting the present method !Chronological sequence of operations,

!Production quantities, schedules, inspections, time allowances and
operation times, facilities, machine materials used in a process
capacities, special tools and materials !Gives manufacturing details at a glance
Operation Process Chart
Flow Process Chart Flow Process Chart

!More detailed than OPC

!Used for components rather than entire
assemblies
!Records non-production hidden costs
! Distances traveled, delays, temporary
storages

Flow Process Flow

Chart Flow Diagram Diagram

!Drawing of the plant areas involved with

a sketch of the flow lines indicating the
movement of material from one activity
to the next
!Uses same symbols as FPC

Worker-Machine Gang Process Chart

Worker-Machine Process Chart Process Chart

!Used to study, analyze, and improve

one workstation at a time
!Shows the exact time relationship
between the working cycle of the
person and the operating cycle of the
machine
Gang Process
Chart Analyze Data

!Question every detail

!Why, Where, What, Who, When, How