Motion and Time Study

“Time study is the one element in scientific management beyond all others making
possible the transfer of skill from management to men…..” –Frederick W. Taylor
Operations Management 345
Mayra Calderon
Dr. Foster
May 2003
Overview
Motion and Time Study Defined
History
Details about Motion and Time Study
Motion and Time Study in your organization
Real World Example
Summary of Presentation
Reading List

What is Motion and Time Study

Motion Study is designed to determine to best way to complete a repetitive job

Time Study measures how long it takes an average worker to complete a task at a normal
pace

History of Motion and Time Study

Frank B. Gilbreth, Lillian M Gilbreth

-1885, he begun to develop motion study

Frederick W. Taylor
-1881, he started to develop time study
History of Motion and Time Study
Used Separately

Became interrelated

History of Motion Study

Bricklaying

Tools Used
Motion camera

History of Time Study

Started at a machine shop
home with his family

Tools
Stopwatch & Clipboard

Tools Used Today…….

Computers
Bar codes
Accustudy Software

Details of Motion and Time Study

Motion Study
Improve methods
It measures distance, or how much you move to do a job, and how much you get done
in a period of time
Time study
Establish standards
Looked at the average time it took an average worker

Computing Standards
Estimating
Performance records
Stopwatch time study
Standard data
Time study formulas
Work sampling schedules
Queuing theory

How to use Motion and Time Study in your Organization

Manufacturing
Office
Banks
Department Stores
Hospitals
How do you decide if you need to do a Motion and Time Study
Are costs too high(is there a problem)?
Why is there a problem?
How can it be solved?
Which alternative is better?
Choose the best alternative

Real World Example A

Company Using Time Study
 Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center

Problem

HR Personnel was not very accessible to employees at the hospital

Hard to reach the right person to answer questions
Inefficient voice-mail system

Real World Example A

Company Using Time Study
Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center
Tools Used
Bar-coding system
Computer
Other
Determining the busiest time of the day
Establishing categories
Real World Example A
Company Using Time Study
Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center
Discoveries
Majority of calls were for appointments
Many calls from outside sources for job verification

Results Continued…..
Implementations
New systems
New positions
Improving service and costs
Motion and Time Study Problem
There is a group of students stuffing envelopes. They have to put three different color-
coded pages in the envelopes(red, white, orange).
Motion and Time Study Problem
Motion and Time Study Problem
Compute the standard time

Compute number of envelopes stuffed in one hour

Solution
To compute the standard time
Adjust the normal cycle with an allowance factor of 10 percent
ST= (NT)(1-AF)
= (.1189)(1-.10)
 =.1070 min
To compute number of envelopes in one hour
60 min/.1070min/envelope= 560 envelopes an hour
Summary of Presentation
This presentation looks at Motion and Time Study as a method to reduce costs and
increase productivity.
The history of Motion and Time Study
Details of Motion and Time Study

Summary of Presentation
Reasons to implement Motion and Time Study in your organization
The use of Motion and Time Study at Cooper Hospital/University Center
An Exercise
Reading List
Aharonson-Daniel, L.; Fung, H.;Hedley, A.J., Time studies in A&E departments- a
useful tool for management,
management, Journal of Management in Medicine,
Medicine, Hong Kong.
1996. Vol. 10, Issue 3.
Anonymous, Program boosts efficiency of time-&-motion studies,
studies, Plastics Engineering,
Engineering,
Brookfield Center. April 2002. Vol. 58, Issue 4.
Barnes, Ralph Mosser, Motion and Time Study,
Study, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Los
Angeles,CA.1980.
Dossett, Royal J., Work-measured labor standards- The state of the art,
art, Industrial
Engineering,
Engineering, Norcross. April 1995. Vol. 27, Issue 4.
Hayes, John R., Memo busters,
busters, Forbes,
Forbes, New York. April 1995. Vol. 155, Issue 9.

Reading List Continued….

Koepfer, Chris, Automating time studies,
studies, Modern Machine Shop,
Shop, Cincinnati. September
2002. Vol. 75, Issue 4.
Niebel, Benjamin W., Motion and Time Study,
Study, Richard D. Irwin, Inc., Homewood, Ill.
1988.
Russell, Roberta S.; Taylor, Bernard W., Operations Management,
Management, Prentice Hall Inc.,
Upper Saddle River, NJ.2003.
Stevens, Larry, Time Study Prompts New HR Efficiencies,
Efficiencies, Personnel Journal, Santa
Monica. April 1994. Vol. 73, Issue 4.