Personal Digital Assistants

Steps in making Time Study

1) Obtaining and recording all information of job, operator, and surrounding conditions likely to
affect the carrying of the work.
2) Recording the complete description of the method and breaking down the operation into
elements.

3) Measuring with timing device and recording the time taken by the operator to perform each
element of operation.

4) At the same time assessing the effective speed of operator to predetermined normal speed.

5) Converting the observed times, to normal times.

6) Determining the allowances to be made over and above the normal time for the operation.

7) Determining the allowed time for the operation.

Methods-Times Measurement
• One of the major PMTS systems is MTM (Methods-Times
Measurement)
• It is actually a 'family' of systems operating at different levels
• Applicable to different types of work.