Industries everywhere has been striving hard to discover new work methods and techniques which could help produce goods of required quality at reasonable costs The search has resulted in finding techniques such as work simplification, job design, value analysis and the like All these are collectively called methods engineering or industrial engineering. The other names used are work design, work study, methods analysis and operation analysis .Methods engineering is closely affiliated with the functions of work measurement (or time study) and method study.

For the sake of simplicity or for avoiding confusion, we use the term work study which comprises two techniques known as method study and work measurement.

Learning Objectives

• Method study (method study steps, recording and analyzing, develop improved methods)
• Conducting Method Study
• Mathematics and statistics used in work study
  • Work study and importance
  • Work measurement systems (time study, rating, allowance and smvs calculations)
  • Activity sampling method for work measurements
  • Work place arrangements and improvements
  • Layout types, process, product, and Tack time layout planning
• Time Study
  • Determined Time Standards
• Resource planning, capacity planning and calculation
• Factory efficiency, line efficiency, operator performance