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What is Time and Motion Study?

Concepts and Fundamentals

What is Time and Motion Study?

Time and Motion Study (MTM) is an ergonomics discipline that analyzes, designs, and improves work systems to optimize efficiency and productivity while minimizing costs.

Dec 1, 2022 Read more →
What Types of Stopwatches Exist?

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What Types of Stopwatches Exist?

A stopwatch is a device used to measure elapsed time. There are many different types of stopwatches, each designed to measure and record time in different ways.

Dec 1, 2022 Read more →
Why Are There Delays in Production?

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Why Are There Delays in Production?

Production delays are a reality faced by many organizations. This is due to a variety of factors, from technical problems to poor business decisions...

Dec 1, 2022 Read more →
Prepare Automation

Industrial Time Study Course

Prepare Automation

Contact the instructor If we want to automate the data update between our App and our Google Sheets spreadsheet, we will need to take some preliminary steps, which we will have ready in 5 minutes. We only need to perform this operation once and we will be ready to synchronize our app.

May 23, 2022 Read more →
Defining Work Elements in a Time Study with Stopwatch

Industrial Time Study Course

Defining Work Elements in a Time Study with Stopwatch

The objectives of this lesson are to review the basic time study procedure, clarify how to correctly divide a time study into different work elements, observe the most typical ones and the most appropriate break points, and describe the traditional way of recording times and operations that form the subsequent basis for calculating standard time.

May 16, 2022 Read more →
Work Method Design

Industrial Time Study Course

Work Method Design

To perform correct time study, the first thing to define is the work method to be followed. This method must be standardized so that all workers perform the task in the same way.

Mar 31, 2022 Read more →
Identification of Work to Measure

Industrial Time Study Course

Identification of Work to Measure

The work study must be clearly identified, so that in the future we are able to review the timing of a specific task from among all the production processes that we have measured through methods and time studies.

Mar 29, 2022 Read more →
Work Time Measurement

Industrial Time Study Course

Work Time Measurement

For the establishment of work times, the application of different techniques is required to determine the time necessary for a qualified worker following a pre-established method to perform a specific task.

Mar 28, 2022 Read more →
Importance of Work Methods and Time Study

Industrial Time Study Course

Importance of Work Methods and Time Study

Work method study consists of critically examining the way in which a specific task is performed in order to improve this process by creating a more effective one or simplifying the existing one.

Mar 25, 2022 Read more →
Stages of Work Methods Study

Industrial Time Study Course

Stages of Work Methods Study

The methods study comprises eight fundamental stages: 1- Select the task or process to be studied, for this we will consider those tasks that have a higher cost, require a greater number of workers to perform, generate bottlenecks, are very repetitive within the production process, involve greater risk, in short, those tasks whose improvement of manufacturing methods have a greater impact on the company.

Mar 25, 2022 Read more →
Introduction to Industrial Time Study

Industrial Time Study Course

Introduction to Industrial Time Study

Ask your Question With the chrono analysis technique, the time needed to perform a specific task is established, by an average worker, with the necessary training to perform that task,...

Mar 24, 2022 Read more →