SUPERVISORY TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT MANUAL
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A comprehensive manual authored By: Gene Levine, Gene Levine Associates
Management Advisors - Since 1965

CHAPTER V
                TIME STUDY AND THE SUPERVISOR’S ROLE
                IN EFFICIENCY AND COST AVOIDANCE

A.       HOW TIME STUDY IMPROVES SUPERVISORY EFFECTIVENESS

1. Brief History of Time Study
2. Time Study Is the Foundation of Scientific Management
3. "The Good Old Days?"
4. The Goal of Time Study Today

B.      HOW DOES ENGINEERING BENEFIT THE COMPANY?

1. Lower Costs
2. Lower Overhead Per Unit
3. Increased Wages

C.     DEFINITION OF EFFICIENCY

D.      WHY A SUPERVISOR NEEDS TO KNOW HOW A PRODUCTION STANDARD IS SET

E.      DEFINITION OF TIME STUDY

F.      SCOPE OF TIME STUDY

G.      GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES

H.      12 BENEFITS OF PROPERLY DEVELOPED PIECE RATES

I.      IMPROVING SUPERVISORY CONTROL

1. How Time Study Helps Control
2. Why Control?
3. The Five Activities of Proper Control

a. Controlling Manpower
b. Controlling Materials
c. Controlling Machinery
d. Controlling Money
e. Controlling Minutes
f. Controlling Data

J.      AIDS IN INCREASING PRODUCTION AND LOWERING COSTS

1. Labor Performance Reports
2. Standard Costs
3. Determining Factory and Machine Capacity
4. Balancing Work on Line Assemblies
5. Estimating Direct Labor Content for Bids

K.      EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING CAN IMPROVE

L.      USING VIDEO TO HELP MAKE YOUR INCENTIVE SYSTEMS WORK

1. Let’s Look At the Problem of Setting Meaningful Piece Rates
2. It’s About Time We Saved Time

M.      VIDEO HELPS SET MORE EFFECTIVE STANDARDS

N.      VIDEOTAPES PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR SUPERVISORS

1. Set Up and Record
2. Make Instant Replays
3. Carefully Analyze the Job
4. Setting the Standard
5. Installing the Standard
6. Document the Standard

PEOPLE DEALINGS AND MOTIVATION