According to Gene Levine ” TIme study is a procedure used to determine the time it should take a well-trained, qualified person with average motivation, working at normal pace, using a specific method, to do a specific task of specific quantity.” The procedure employs the stopwatch as a measuring device. […]
The Left and Right Hand Chart is a process chart in which the activities of a worker’s hands (or limbs) are recorded in their relationship to one another. It is a specialized form of process chart because it shows the two hands (and sometimes the feet) of the operative moving […]
Multiple activity charts are the process charts using a time scale. It usually comes in picture when work study man wants to record the activities of one subject with respect to other on a single chart. Subject may be the worker, machine or equipment. Multiple Activity Charts are a very […]
Method Study is the study of work (method) for a job to achieve process improvement, improve layout, improve design, better working environment, and reducing fatigue. Method study is more of a systematic approach to job design than a set of techniques It is defined as the systematic recording and critical examination of existing and […]