SYNOPSIS

Labor cannot be managed effectively without measurements. Time study evolved to help managers manage and make businesses more competitive through increased efficiency! Time Study was not designed to, nor will it ever be able to replace common sense or professional management.  If the time study technician cannot meet the goal of  increasing production and reducing costs s/he is not doing what s/he is being paid to do! In other words, improve the technician's skills, knowledge and abilities and the business will improve.  If you are interested in improving your technician's approaches to time study so they may better increase productivity per man-hour and reduce costs, then this eBook is for you. This eBook provides forward-thinking time study approaches, ideas, suggestions, wisdom and tools all savvy time study practitioners should consider when setting production standards.

TABLE OF CONTENTS  

SCOPE OF TIME STUDY

DEFINITION OF TIME STUDY

14 GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES

12 BENEFITS OF PROPERLY DEVELOPED PRODUCTION STANDARDS

5 AIDS USED TO INCREASE PRODUCTION AND LOWER COSTS

FREDERICK TAYLOR REVISITED

7 REQUIRED PRE-REQUISITES FOR A VALID TIME STUDY

 4 THINGS TO EXAMINE WHEN YOU HAVE ISSUES WITH YOUR EXISTING PRODUCTION STANDARDS

• Was There Employee Or Union Pressure To Negotiate The Standards?

• It Must Be Understood That Rate Setting Is Not A Negotiable Procedure

• Was The Observer Mislead By Workers?

• Were The Rates In Question Set By Inexperienced Time Study People?

• Were The Rates In Question Set By An Inexperienced Engineer?

SETTING CORRECT ALLOWANCES

• Miscellaneous Delays

• Personal Delays

•  Fatigue

• Other Allowances

WHERE THE IDEA OF TIME STUDIES CAME FROM

EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING CAN IMPROVE

ARE TIME STUDIES POSSIBLY A WASTE OF TIME?

• Are Their Other Ways To Set Accurate Standards?.

• Some Limitations of Time Studies

• Possible Root Causes of Bad Time Studies

• How Long Should It Take To Do a Time Study?

• When Are Time Studies a Waste Of Time?

• Time Study Is An Art, Not a Science . . . So What?

• What We Want And Get Could be Drastically Different

• Could Our Assumption Of Production Standards "Piece Rates" Be Wrong?

• Here’s the Bottom Line Activities and Decision

• Do You Need A Stopwatch To Examine And Determine Quality Criteria?

• Do You Need A Stopwatch To Analyze Or Improve A Method?

• Do You Need A Stopwatch To Talk To People?

• The Little Known Golden Opportunity On How To Set Standards Without The Use Of a Stopwatch  

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