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Method Study for Work Improvement

The document outlines the Method Study process, which aims to improve job efficiency by analyzing existing work methods and proposing better alternatives. Key objectives include eliminating unnecessary work, reducing fatigue, and increasing profitability through design improvements. It details the steps involved in conducting a Method Study, including selecting the work to be studied, recording observations, and developing practical methods for implementation.

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Method Study for Work Improvement

The document outlines the Method Study process, which aims to improve job efficiency by analyzing existing work methods and proposing better alternatives. Key objectives include eliminating unnecessary work, reducing fatigue, and increasing profitability through design improvements. It details the steps involved in conducting a Method Study, including selecting the work to be studied, recording observations, and developing practical methods for implementation.

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MethodStudy:Itist

hepr o
cesso
fsyst
emati
crecor
ding&cr
iti
calexami
nat
iono
f
thefact
ors&r es
ourcesi
nvolv
edinex
isti
ng&pro
po s
edwayofdoingwor
k.
Obj
ectives:
[Link] ett
erwaysofdo i
ngj o
b .
[Link]
mi nati
o nofunnecess
arywo rk&tor educefat
igueduet
osame.
[Link] i
mplerwaysofdo i
ngwo rk.
[Link] r
easei npro
fitbyreducingproductcost
.
[Link] ovementindesign.
MethodS t
udypr ocedur e:
1
.Findi ngb et
t erwayso fdoi
ngj o
b .Findi
ng&anal
ysi
ngthetruefacts
concerningt hesi
t uati
on.
2
.Cr i
ticalexami nati
o nofthesefac t
s.
3
.Dev elopmento fbestposs
ibl
esolutionundert
heg
ivenc
ircumstanc
es.
S
tepsi
nvolvedi
nMethodStudy:
1
.Sel
ec t - Worktobestudied.
2
.Record- Whatistaki
ngpl aceont hejob ?
3
.Examine- Cri
ti
call
yexamini ngthefac t
s.
4
.Develop- Themo s
tpracti
c al&ec o
no micmethodo fdoi
ngthej
ob.
5
.Install- Putthedevelo
pedmet hodinpr act
ice.
6
.Maintain- Makei tas t
andar dpracti
ceb yfol
lowupchecks
.

Sel
ect:Thefac tor
stob econsi
deredwhi
les
elec
tingapar
tic
ularwo
rkfo
rthe
purpo
s esofmet hodstudyare:-
a)Tec hni
calconsi
der at
ion
b)Ec onomicaspect
s.
c)Humanr eacti
ons.
Rec
ord:Fo l
lowingr ecordingt echniquecanb
echo
sen.
a)Charts
i)Indi c
ativepr ocesss equence.
ii
)Usingt i
mes cale(SIMO)
b
)Di agr
ams&Mo dels.
c
)Pho tographic
aids.
Charts:
 OutLinePr ocessChar t
 FlowPr ocessChar t
 Twohandedpr ocessChar t
 Mul ti
pleac ti
v i
tyChar t
CHARTINGS
YMBOLS
S
.No. S
ymbol Ac
tiv
ity Ex
ampl
e
Produces:Accompl i
shestheworkby
1. Operati
on c hang i
ngthes hape,sizeof
mat eri
als
/do cument .
Furthersthepr oc
ess
Travelsormo vemento fworker
s,mater
ials
,
2. Transpo
rt equipmento r fr om do cumentsfrom one
placetoano t
her .
Co
ntrol
led s t
orag e where
3. S
tor
age mat er
ial,do
cument /it
emi
sret
ained.
Hol
ds/Keeps/r
etains.
Unc o
ntrol
ledsto
rage/del
ayins equenc
e.
4. D Del
ay Del
o
ay b
perati
o
et
nsi
ween c
nt
erfer
o
ns
enc
ec
e.
ut
ive

Recogni
s ed check for quali
ty,
chec
kingac curacy/appearance.
5. Ins
pec
tio Checki
ng / meas uri
ng / g augi
ng
n t hemat eri
al/product
for
quantit
at i
ve/quali
tat
ive/c
haracter
ist
ics
.

Outl
inePr
oces
sChar
t:Int
hisc
har
tmat
eri
alent
ry,o
per
ati
on,i
nspec
tio
net
[Link]
e
rec
orded.

TypesofFlowProcessCharts:
[Link] owProces
sChart.
[Link] i
alFl
owPro c
essChart.
[Link]
.
Aboveall,s
ymbolsareusedwhileprepar
ingt
hes
echar
ts.
Objecti
vesofFl owPr oc essChar ts:
[Link] isual
izethec ompl etes equenc eofev entsoc curri
ngi napr oc
ess.
[Link] pinex ami nat i
ono fev entsinas y
s t
emat icway.
[Link] pines tab l
ishingt hel ayout/impr ovi
ngt hel ayout&t oidenti
fythe
l
ocationo fvar i
ouswo r kelement s.
[Link] nestab l
ishingt heb as i
cr equiremento fmat er
ialhandl i
ng
s
ystem/i mprov ementi nex ist
ings yst
em.
[Link] tudyv ariouswo rkel ement s&t hustwomet hodsc anb ecompared.
[Link] panal ystt os elects pec i
ficwo r
kel ementfr omt hepointofviewofi
mpr
ovement
.
[Link] scanb epr ev ent ed.
OUTLINEPROCES
SCHART
PIS
TON&PISTONPINASSEMBLY

In thischar
tan o v
eral
lview o
ft hepr oces
si sreco
rded wheregraphic
represent
at i
ono fmater
ialentryand sequenceo fo per
ati
onsand inspec
tions
associ
atedwiththepro
cessares
[Link]
ampl eofanoutl
inepro
cesschart
i
ss hownbelow:-

Pi
stonandPi
stonpi
nas
sembl
y

S
ubas
semb
ly Mai
nas
semb
ly

(
A) (
M)
Mac
hini
ng
3 Cl
eani
ng 1

(
0.0 2 Gr
indi
ng
2
Ins
pec
tio
n

I
nspec
tio
n

(
0.02
4
Inmaki
ngo
utl
inepr
oces
schar
tthe As
semb
ly

o
per
ati
ons
,Ins
pec
tio
ns,et
c.t
aken

mai
n uni
tor Co
mpo
nent o
f t
he
as
semb
lyar
esho
wno
nav
ert
icall
ine
o
nthe r
ight
.The t
ime al
lowed per
pi
ecei
ssho
wn o
nthe l
efto
f eac
h
(
0.01)
c
ompo
nent wher
e t
ime c
anno
tbe
s
pec
ifi
edasi
ncas
eofi
nspec
tio
niti
s
l
eftb
lank.
(
0.02)
Ins
pec
tio
n
3

Gr
eas
ing

6
Pac
king

1
S
tor
age
Fl
owPr
oces
sChar
t(ManType)
Job:Dri
ll
ingtwohol
esonac as
ting
Chartbegins
:Workerpi
cksupthecas
tingfo
rdr
il
li
ng

Char
tends
:put
sbac
kcas
tingo
nfi
nis
hedg
oodsr
acks

Ol
dMet
hod

Pi
ckUpCas
ting

Takec
ast
ingt
omar
kingt
abl
e

6m

Mar
ksc
ast
ing

4m Mo
vesc
ast
ingt
odr
il
li
ng

mac
hineLo
adsc
ast
ingo
n

mac
hine

Chec
ksc
ast
ingfo
ral
ignment
s

Dr
il
lsho
le

Unl
oadc
ast
ing

I
nspec
tio
nho
le
4m

Mo
vesc
ast
ingt
ofi
nis
hed

r
ackS
tor
age
Pr
opos
edMet
hod

Pi
ckUpCas
ting

2m Mo
vesc
ast
ingt
odr
il
li
ngmac
hine

Lo
adsc
ast
ingo
nmac
hine

Dr
il
li
ngho
le

2m Mo
vesc
ast
ingt
ofi
nis
hedr
ack

S
tor
age

S
ummar
y:-

Pr
opos
ed
Des
cri
pti
on Ol
dMet
hod Number
s S
avi
ng Di
stanc
e
Met
hod

5 3 2 7Mi
n ---

2 0 2 4Mi
n ----

3 2 1 ---- 10Mt
rs

1 1 0 ---- ----

Int hisil
lustr
ationwhic
hhasb eent akenfrom anac tualindust
r i
alsi
tuati
on,
t
hei mprovedmet ho
do fdril
li
ngholesusingadril
lingjigel
iminatestheoperati
ons
o
fmar king,c hec
kingforal i
gnmentand i ns
pecti
o [Link]
lb eseent hatsucha
s
impleo perationwithli
ttl
einvest
mento nadr i
ll
ingj i
ghasr esul
tedi nenormous
s
avi
ngo ft imeandl edtohigherproduc
tivit
y.
MICROMOTIONS
TUDY

TheGil
brethspioneeredthestudyofmanualmo t
ionsanddevelo
pedb as
iclaws
ofmotio
necono mythatar esti
llr
elevantt
o [Link]
orespons
ibl
efo rthe
dev
elopmento fdetail
edmo tio
npi ct
urestudies,t
ermedasMi cr
oMot i
onS tudies
,
whi
chareextremelyusefulfo
ranal ys
inghi
ghlyrepeti
ti
vemanualoperati
ons.
Mi c
romo t
ionstudyisused fo
rg raphicalpres entat
ionofmanyr epetit
ive
o
perat i
ons o fs ho
rtc yc
lelike component as s
emb l
y, pac
kaging
,i ns pecti
on,
s
epar ati
ono fmixedjob
s,whi
chinvol
vequickmo vement [Link] ert
ai ntypes
o
fo peratio
nl i
kepickandplaceobj
ects,detail
eds tudyo fsuc
ho per
at i
onsc anb e
c
arriedo ut
.
Therbli
gs:Therbl
igsaredi
agrammati
crepres
entat
ionofmov
ementsl
ikesearch,
sel
ect,hol
d,po s
iti
on,assembl
e,etc.
,hav
ingspeci
ficc
olor
s,s
ymbol
sandal phab
et s
forrecor
dingpurpose.
Name Abbr
evi
ati
ons Co
lourCode
S
ear
ch S
h Bl
ack
S
elec
t S
t L
ightGr
ey
Fi
nd F Gr
ey
Gr
asp G Red
Ho
ld H Go
ldOc
hre
Tr
ans
por
tEmpt
y TE Ol
iveGr
een
Transpo
rt TL Gr
een
Loaded
Rel
easeLoad RL Cardmine
Red
Po
sit
ion P Blue
As
semb
le A Vi
olet
Us
e U Pur
ple
Di
sas
semb
le DA Li
ghtVi
olet
Ins
pec
t I Bur
ntOc
hre
Pr
e-po
sit
ion PP Pal
ebl
ue
Res
tfo r
R Or
ang
e
overc
oming
fati
gue
Unav oi
dabl
e UD Yel
low
Delay
Avoi
dab l
eDelay AD Lemo
nYel
low
Pl
an Pn Br
own

AdvantagesofMi cromot i
onS t
udy:
[Link] manentRec ord:
a)Per mitsrepeat eds t
udywi thoutdist
urbingworker.
b)Canb eusedfo rdemo nstration&traini
ngtoo therswhoar
e
i
nvolvedins imilaractivi
ty.
[Link] oject
ingo fmo v
ieatanydes iredspeed,pause,forward,
backwardi sag reatfac i
lit
yfo rtheanalyst.
Li
mitati
ons:
[Link] yExpens i
ve.
[Link] at histechni queisrarelyused.
Memomot
ionS
tudy:
Memomo
tio
nst
udyi
sdo
nefo
r:-

[Link]
ycl
estudi
es.
[Link]
udyofirr
egul
ar/co
mpl
icat
edc
ycl
e.
[Link]
udyofteam/gangofwor
keri
nst
eadofo
ne.
[Link]
scamerat
akesfrom50–100fr
ames/mi
n.

S
.No. Mi
cromot
ionS
tudy
Us
edforSt
udyof
1.
Mic
ro
act
ivi
ti
es.
2. Mor
eexpensi
ve
3. Upto1000
fi
lms/min
4. Us
edveryspari
ngl
y
S
.No. MemoMot
ionS
tudy
Us
edforstudyg r
oup
1.
work/lo
ngc yc
le
works.
2. Relati
vel
yless
expensi
ve
3. Upto100films/min
4. Us
edag
reatdeal
.

S
IMOCHART
(
Simultaneousmotio
nc yc
lechar
t)Itiso
ftenbasedonfil
m analysi
sused
t
or ecordsimul
taneous
lyonac o
mmo nti
mes c
alethether
bli
gsperformed
b
ydi fferentpart
softheb o
dyofone/moreworker
s.

Obj
ect
ives
:Iti
sver
yimpor
tanttec
hni
quei
nwhi
chmi
cromo
tio
nst
udyi
s
per
for
medatar at
eof1000fi
lms/mi
n.
Ex
ami
nat
ion&Dev
elopment
:
[Link]
/no n-pro
ducti
veacti
vit
ies.
[Link].
[Link]
ionindelayb ychangi
ngsequenceo
fo perati
ons
.
[Link]
mplifythework.
Ins
tal
li
ng&Mai ntaining :Itisdividedi ntofourstages
:
[Link] hangepr o
c essappr ovedb ycompet entauthori
ty.
[Link] elopfavo urableenv i
ronmentb ybri
efingeveryoneb
efore
implement ati
ono fnewwo r
kt echnique.
[Link] r kers&S uperv i
sorsbeforeimplementati
onofnew
technique.
[Link] ementationatr i
ghtt i
me.

Maint
aini
ng:Aft
erimpl
ementi
ngnewtechni
quei
fther
eispr
obl
emst
hen
sho
uldbesor
tedoutass
oonaspos
sib
le.
Hence,wher
echang
es/i
mprov
ementsar
emade,t
henewt
echni
ques
s
houldbemadeass t
andardpr
acti
ce.

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Method study aims to find better ways of performing jobs by systematically recording and critically examining factors involved. It seeks to eliminate unnecessary work to reduce fatigue, find simpler methods, increase profit by reducing product cost, and improve design .

The steps in method study include selecting the work to study, recording the current process, critically examining the facts, developing an efficient method, installing the method into practice, and ensuring its maintenance as standard practice .

Method studies reduce product costs by identifying and eliminating unnecessary operations, simplifying processes, and improving job methods. This streamlining results in lower operational costs and increased efficiency, thus reducing the overall product cost .

SIMO charts enhance micro motion study by allowing simultaneous recording on a time scale of therbligs performed by different body parts. This helps in detailed analysis to eliminate non-productive activities, optimize sequence, and simplify work processes .

Improvements in drilling processes involved using a drilling jig, which eliminated unnecessary marking and alignment operations. This led to substantial time savings and increased productivity, showcasing the effectiveness of method studies in operational enhancements .

Micro motion studies, although effective, are limited by their high cost and the infrequent use of such techniques in regions like India. This renders them less practical for widespread application despite their analytical benefits .

Memo motion study is preferred for long cycle and complex irregular cycles or when studying group work, as it is less expensive and records at lower frame rates compared to micro motion study. It is particularly useful in analyzing team dynamics and extended operations .

Therbligs represent movements in manual processes, using specific symbols and colors to denote actions like searching, selecting, and assembling. These help in analyzing and reducing unnecessary actions, contributing to more efficient processes by identifying areas for improvement .

Micro motion study, through graphical presentation, analyzes repetitive operations and quick hand movements, identifying inefficiencies and allowing for optimization. It provides a permanent record for repeated analysis, facilitating improved training and demonstrating methods for similar activities .

Flow process charts visualize the complete sequence of events in a process, helping in the systematic examination of events. They aid in identifying work elements, improving layout, and establishing material handling systems, thereby improving the production layout .

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