Operation Management

Operations Management

Work Study Analysis

Y B WEERASINGHE

HD-UGC-10-094

National Institute of Business Management

Work Study

* Work Study is the systematic examination of the methods of carrying out activities such as to improve the effective use of resources and to set up standards of performance for the activities carried out.

* A generic term for those techniques, particularly method study and work measurement, which are used in the examination of human work in all its contexts, and which lead systematically to the investigation of all the factors which affect the efficiency and economy of the situation being reviewed, in order to effect improvement.

Methods Study Approach

The systematic recording and critical examination of ways of doing things in order to make improvements is known as Method Study.

The purpose of a Method Study is:

• Analyze methods of Work

• Gain insight in how work is performed

• Document methods of work - create Work Instructions

• Improve Methods of Work or detect potential for improvements

• Enable planning by providing Data

• Disable possible hazards and dangers to safety

• Provide information for Time Studies, development for equipment, wage calculation and incentive Schemes.

The benefits from a Method Study will be:

• Better understanding of work performed

• Improved operator performance

• More safety less risks from hazards for health and assets

Procedure: For a Method Study the following will be done:

1. Select the tasks to study

2. Record the facts about it

3. Examine these

4. Develop a new method

5. Install/implement it

6. Maintain it

The required inputs for a Method Study are:

• Information about the role of the job in the overall business process

• All the relevant information on the job to be studied.

• The Type and number of operators involved, their skills

• The Facilities, Equipment and Tools to be used for the jobs

• The Materials to be processed or consumed...