The Purpose of Work Measurements
The Purpose of Work Measurement
Method study is the principal technique for reducing the work involved, primarily by eliminating unnecessary movement on the part of material or operatives and by substituting good methods for poor ones. Work measurement is concerned with investigating, reducing and subsequently eliminating ineffective time, that is time during which no effective work is being performed, whatever the cause.
Work measurement, as the name suggests, provides management with a means of measuring the time taken in the performance of an operation or series of operations in such a way that ineffective time is shown up and can be separated from effective time. In this way its existence, nature and extent become known where previously they were concealed within the total.
Work measurement is necessary for the following reasons: 1. To evaluate labor performance. 2. For planning the need of workforce. 3. For determining available capacity. 4. For comparing work method. 5. For facilitating operation-scheduling. 6. For determining price or cost of a product or output, involving human labour. 7. For establishing wage incentive schemes. 8. For determining standard time for various operations. Standard time is useful information for determining machine capacity, production, targets, manpower planning, etc. 9. For determining idle or rest time of an operator. The idle time is a useful information for planning “one operator-multiple machine” type of manufacturing system. In JIT (Just-In-Time) and cellular manufacturing systems, the concept of “one-operator-multiple machine” is very useful, as it reduces waste due to excess manpower. It helps in easy planning of machine cells. 10. For generating necessary input information for decisions related to estimating,
Method study is the principal technique for reducing the work involved, primarily by eliminating unnecessary movement on the part of material or operatives and by substituting good methods for poor ones. Work measurement is concerned with investigating, reducing and subsequently eliminating ineffective time, that is time during which no effective work is being performed, whatever the cause.
Work measurement, as the name suggests, provides management with a means of measuring the time taken in the performance of an operation or series of operations in such a way that ineffective time is shown up and can be separated from effective time. In this way its existence, nature and extent become known where previously they were concealed within the total.
Work measurement is necessary for the following reasons: 1. To evaluate labor performance. 2. For planning the need of workforce. 3. For determining available capacity. 4. For comparing work method. 5. For facilitating operation-scheduling. 6. For determining price or cost of a product or output, involving human labour. 7. For establishing wage incentive schemes. 8. For determining standard time for various operations. Standard time is useful information for determining machine capacity, production, targets, manpower planning, etc. 9. For determining idle or rest time of an operator. The idle time is a useful information for planning “one operator-multiple machine” type of manufacturing system. In JIT (Just-In-Time) and cellular manufacturing systems, the concept of “one-operator-multiple machine” is very useful, as it reduces waste due to excess manpower. It helps in easy planning of machine cells. 10. For generating necessary input information for decisions related to estimating,