Lesson 1: Introduction To Motion & Time Study

Question 1

A new vocabulary has developed in the past years that stems from the Toyota production system and a book titled.

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Lean Thinking

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Lean Thinking by

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James Womack and Daniel Jones.

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is a concept whereby all production people work together to eliminate waste (TIMWOOD).

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Lean Manufacturing

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Japanese word for waste. which is the focus of much attention all over the world.

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MUDA

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This finally found a home in a modern industrial plant.

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Motion and Time Study

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It helps employees understand the nature and the true costs of work, and it helps them assist management in reducing unnecessary costs and balancing work cells to make work flow smoother.

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Motion and Time Study

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help managers make important management decisions intelligently.

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Time standards

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can reduce and control costs, improve working conditions and environment, and motivate people.

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Time and motion study

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are being prepared to design work stations, develop efficient work methods, establish time standards, balance assembly lines, estimate labor costs, develop effective tooling, select proper equipment, and layout production facilities.

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Manufacturing engineers and engineering students

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A person working with time and motion study will study an individual job or series of jobs to learn the details of work and make changes.

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Manufacturing engineers and engineering students

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Changes may be small, but improvements must be made continually to keep the company what?

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competitive

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Without change, no growth occurs and failure is

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imminent

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A company should never stop looking for improvements or

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it will become obsolete.

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A time and motion study person will have these attitude:

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• “We can reduce the cost of any job”
• “ Cost is our measuring rod “
• “Cost reduction is our job”

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are the most important considerations for staying competitive.

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Quality and price

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The following attitudes are critical:

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• “ We never propose a method that will reduce quality.”
• “ We never set standards for producing scrap.”
• “Lowest cost and high quality are our competitive edge. One without the other leads to a failure.”

Question 17

“Work smarter, not harder” has been the motto of every IE, manager, technologists, but the new motto should be

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“Work smarter and harder”

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offers a great potential for savings in any area of human effort. We can save in any of the following:

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MTS

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What is MTS

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Motion and Time Study

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is the most time-consuming way of reducing costs, and its savings are small compared to eliminating or combining elements, but we can always simplify.

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Simplification

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must consider the operator’s safety above all else.

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Motion study

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can reduce cost significantly.

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Time study

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must also be aware of product quality.

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Motion and time study

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are goals to strive for.

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Time standards

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In organizations that operate without a time standard,

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60% performance is typical.

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When time standards are set, performance improves to an average of

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85%

Question 27

When time standards are set, performance improves to an average of ______. This is a _____increase in performance.

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85%, 42%

Question 28

Incentive systems can improve performance even further. Incentive performances average ________, another _______ increase in productivity.

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120%, 42%

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Manufacturing plants with no standards average _______ performance.

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60%

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Manufacturing plants with time standards average _______ performance.

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85%

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Manufacturing plants with incentive systems, average _______ performance.

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120%

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is a lot of work and creates some labor/management conflict, but bringing labour into the process of MTS, conflict can be replaced with cooperation and a feeling of being part of something important.

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MTS

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It is said that successful people do what other people do not want to do:

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• Work long
• Work hard
• Criticize
• Accept criticism
• Become involved

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is considered to be the backbone of IE

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MTS

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MTS is considered to be the backbone of IE because the information that time studies generate affects so many other areas,including the following:

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• Cost estimating
• Production and Inventory Control
• Plant Layout
• Materials and Processes
• Quality
• Safety

Question 36

Motion study is for _______;
Time study is for ________.

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Motion study is for cost reduction;
Time study is for cost control.

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Motion study is ________;
Time study is _________.

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Motion study is design;
Time study is measurement.

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is a detailed analysis of the work method in an effort to improve it.

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Motion study

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Motion studies are used to:

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• Develop the best work method
• Develop motion consciousness on the part of all employee
• Develop economical and efficient tools, fixtures, and production aids.
• Assists in the selection of new machines and equipment.
• Train new employees in the preferred method
• Reduce effort and cost.

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The techniques on Time Study are as follows:

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• Predetermined time standard system
• Stopwatch time study
• Standard data formula time standards
• Work sampling time standards
• Expert opinion and historical data time standards