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Standard time (manufacturing)

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In industrial engineering, the standard time is the time required by an average skilled operator, working at a normal
pace, to perform a specified task using a prescribed method.[1] It includes appropriate allowances to allow the
person to recover from fatigue and, where necessary, an additional allowance to cover contingent elements which
may occur but have not been observed.

Contents
1 Usage of the standard time
2 Techniques to establish a standard time
3 Method of calculation
4 Notes
5 References

Usage of the standard time

Time times for all operations are known.
Staffing (or workforce planning): the number of workers required cannot accurately be determined unless the
time required to process the existing work is known.
Line balancing (or production leveling): the correct number of workstations for optimum work flow depends
on the processing time, or standard, at each workstation.
Materials requirement planning (MRP): MRP systems cannot operate properly without accurate work
standards.
System simulation: simulation models cannot accurately simulate operation unless times for all operations are
known.
Wage payment: comparing expected performance with actual performance requires the use of work
standards.
Cost accounting: work standards are necessary for determining not only the labor component of costs, but
also the correct allocation of production costs to specific products.
Employee evaluation: in order to assess whether individual employees are performing as well as they should,
a performance standard is necessary against which to measure the level of performance.

Techniques to establish a standard time

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The standard time can be determined using the following techniques:[2]

1. Time study,
2. Predetermined motion time system aka PMTS or PTS,
3. Standard data system,
4. Work sampling.

Method of calculation
The Standard Time is the product of three factors:
1. Observed time: The time measured to complete the task.
2. Performance rating factor: The pace the person is working at. 90% is working slower than normal, 110% is
working faster than normal, 100% is normal. This factor is calculated by an experienced worker who is
trained to observe and determine the rating.
3. Personal, fatigue, and delay (PFD) allowance.
The standard time can then be calculated by using:[3]

Notes
1. ^ Zandin 2001, Section X, Chapter 5.1
2. ^ Groover 2007
3. ^ Groover 2007

References
Groover, M. P. (2007). Work systems: the methods, measurement and management of work, Prentice
Hall, ISBN 978-0-13-140650-6
Salvendy, G. (Ed.) (2001). Handbook of Industrial Engineering: Technology and Operations
Management, third edition, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ.
Zandin, K. (Ed.) (2001). Maynard's Industrial Engineering Handbook, fifth edition, McGraw-Hill, New
York, NY.
Standard Performance (http://www.scott-grant.co.uk/pages/standard-performance.php)

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