Work Study

Name of the Instructor: Dr. S. R. Gangurde

Name of the course: Work study

Duration: 2 hours

Outline:

Work study is a technique used to examination of human work & which lead systematically to investigation of all the factors which affect the efficiency & economy. It deals with optimum utilization of the resources (4 M’S) such as manpower, machines, materials and money (capital) to attain the desired productivity with the minimum possible time.

What you'll learn:

Work study

Method study: Method study is a systematic recording and critical examination of existing and proposed ways of doing work as a means of developing and applying easier and more effective methods and reducing costs.

Recording techniques (Charts and Diagrams)

Micromotion study

Principles of motion economy

Work measurement: It is the application of techniques designed to establish the time for qualified worker to carry out a specific job at a defined level of performance

Time study: Time study is the technique of work measurement to establish time for qualified worker to carryout specified task under specified condition & at defined level of performance.

Performance rating: It is the process of adjudging the actual pace of working of an operator by comparing it with the mental picture of the pace of an operator working at normal speed

Allowances:

Work sampling: Work Sampling is a method of finding the percentage occurrence of a certain activity by statistical sampling and random observations.