Transcription of Time Studies Tools and Terminology
1 Calculate time required to perform individual process steps Stopwatch study :Direct observation involving the timing multiple occurrences of the same activity to determine average time of process steps, and their variabilityPDA study : An update to the stopwatch study , several programs for PDAs have been developed to collect process time data. In most cases, this would require direct observation of spreadsheet used to collect process timesCalculate breakdown of the work done in a day (% breakdown by task)Random Sampling: method of analyzing work by collecting a sample of what a worker is doing at a set of random instants in time . This can be extrapolated to estimate the breakdown of work done in a stopwatch study :Process steps observed and timed using a stopwatch. Each process will be timed multiple times to determine averages and Sampling by direct observation: the person performing the study will observe the job of interest and record what the person is doing at various random times Random Sampling using PDA: various programs exist that trigger a person to enter what they are doing at random time intervals throughout the day Random Sampling performed by person completing job: the person doing the work will record what he or she is doing at various random timesOTHER RESOURCESTime Studies Tools and TerminologyCLICK HERECLICK HERE Work Measurement in Skilled Labor Environments CLICK HERE A 36-Hospital time and motion study time study terminologyCLICK HERE
