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A Time and Motion Study

A time and motion study is a business efficiency technique that combines time study and motion study. Time study involves establishing standard times for work tasks, while motion study aims to improve work methods. These two techniques have become integrated into a widely accepted method called methods engineering, which is used to improve and upgrade entire work systems through analyzing individual work elements, timing work cycles, evaluating worker performance, and setting standard times.

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A Time and Motion Study

A time and motion study is a business efficiency technique that combines time study and motion study. Time study involves establishing standard times for work tasks, while motion study aims to improve work methods. These two techniques have become integrated into a widely accepted method called methods engineering, which is used to improve and upgrade entire work systems through analyzing individual work elements, timing work cycles, evaluating worker performance, and setting standard times.

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A time and motion study (or time-motion study) is a business efficiency technique

combining the Time Study work of Frederick Winslow Taylor with the Motion Study
work of Frank and Lillian Gilbreth (not to be confused with their son, best known
through the biographical 1950 film and book Cheaper by the Dozen). It is a major part of
scientific management (Taylorism). After its first introduction, time study developed in
the direction of establishing standard times, while motion study evolved into a technique
for improving work methods. The two techniques became integrated and refined into a
widely accepted method applicable to the improvement and upgrading of work systems.
This integrated approach to work system improvement is known as methods engineering.
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Direct time study procedure


Following is the procedure developed by Mikell Groover for a direct time
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1. Define and document the standard method.


2. Divide the task into work elements.

Steps 1 and 2 These two steps are primary steps conducted prior to actual timing.
They familiarize the analyst with the task and allow the analyst to attempt to
improve the work procedure before defining the standard time.

3. Time the work elements to obtain the observed time for the task.
4. Evaluate the worker’s pace relative to standard performance (performance rating),
to determine the normal time.

Note that steps 3 and 4 are accomplished simultaneously. During these steps,
several different work cycles are timed, and each cycle performance is rated
independently. Finally, the values collected at these steps are averaged to get the
normalized time.

5. Apply an allowance to the normal time to compute the standard time. The
allowance factors that are needed in the work are then added to compute the
standard time for the task.

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