Motion and time study

Motion and time study

1. *Reduce and control costs *Improve working conditions *motivate people

   • Motion Study
     • Must consider the operator's safety
     • Potential for savings in ane area of human effort
     • Uses the principles of motion economy to develop work stations that are friendly to the human
     • Are used to
       • Develop the best work method
       • Develop motion consciousness
       • Develop economical and efficient tools, fixures & production aids
       • Assist in the selection of new machines
       • Train new employees, reduce effort and cost
     • Creative activity
     • Cost reduction
     • Design
     • Micromotion
       • Aditional studies of detail or operations
     • Macromotion
       • Studies overall factory flow process
       • 5 classes of activities
         • Transportations
         • Inspections
         • Delay
         • Operations
         • Storage
       • Questions must be answered
         • Who?
         • What?
         • When?
         • Why?
         • How?
       • Draw a chart o diagram that show the motion improvements
         • Process Flow Plan
         • Process Operation Chart
         • Process Chart
         • Flow Process Chart
         • Work Cell Load Chart
         • Route Sheet
   • Time Study
     • Reduce cost significantly well
     • Time standards
       • Time required to produce a product at a work stations
         • A qualified, well-trained opeator
         • Working at a normal pace
         • Doing a specific task
     • Information that generate affects
       • Cost estimating
       • Production and inventory control
       • Plant layout
       • Materials and processes
       • Quality and safety
     • Cost control
     • Measurment