Time Study
Time and Motion Study
Work Sample

The time a job should take
is critical within any organization, engaged in just about any endeavor.

JPR can help you determine that time, or we can instruct and guide your people to do so, to fit your objectives, timetable, budget, internal resources.

JPR provides a Free Time Study Guide. Request the guide to see an example of our work and approach, then call if you need a hand. The guide is a two chapter summary, nineteen pages, of detail and strategy.

 

JPR offers an Amazon book, Time and Motion Study, in print and Kindle editions. This book will guide your organization through practical strategic and hands-on instruction, enable work measurement quickly and smoothly within the physical constraints of the facility, as well as consider and optimize factors to utilize data now and through the years. Extend the technical capabilities of your staff. Improve project management by recognizing practices to utilize and missteps to avoid.

 

JPR Services

JPR can perform time measurement for clients, or prepare client resources to perform capably. The JPR service may be short term or longer, and you can expect objective results such as these examples:
In one to two weeks

 Boost output JPR studied an underperforming packaging line at a New England manufacturer, not only to quantify and balance workloads but also to quantify reasons for delay. Subsequent modifications to procedures and scheduling raised throughput.

Manage constraints JPR identified constraints at a South Carolina assembly operation which were quickly resolved, reducing lost time and adding line speed and output

Balance Workload JPR quantified workloads on a high speed production line in Los Angeles. Work assignments were modified to correct unbalanced workloads across the shift and between employees.

Establish correct manning JPR analyzed operations in a New York metalworking plant, and found equipment which starved down-stream operations; manning was revised to boost up-time at the bottleneck, which increased output throughout the product line.

Prepare for labor / management negotiations JPR measures attendant workload on three mechanized lines, in advance of biannual union negotiations; for a Texas plant.

Objectively resolve disagreements JPR determined where maintenance people spent their time, on an integrated very high speed blow molding line, Dallas. Management used the information to adjudicate differences of opinion between departments.

Set expectations JPR time studied room attendant tasks in an upscale Los Angeles hotel; how many rooms should be changed per day? The answer varies according to the furnishings, and we identified some interesting improvement options. (The number of pillows is important.)

Establish transfer pricing JPR has often verified or revised Bill on Material facts; labor and material and overhead usage, to assure correct interplant and international transfer prices.

Define product advantage JPR quantified the installation time for Sto Corporation building material product, compared to a competitor's; Sto placed our report on their web site to display the advantage held by their product.

 

Some objectives may require one or more man months

 Set product costs JPR established standard product costs based on time study for a Rhode Island manufacturer, in a plant of 250 people, over four months. We also identified for them variation caused by control equipment and other process inconsistency.

 

Create incentive payment system  JPR developed incentives for a masonry company in Florida, for both hourly and supervisory people during a four month assignment. Observation also pointed out many instances of lost time and delay for correction. We installed reporting and gained a larger measure of cost control and schedule completion.

 

Provide an objective basis for bidding  Bidding and estimating rely of an understanding of the time required for tasks. Time study identifies value added work and quantifies  the time required. Study quantifies non-value added work for removal.

What Now?

JPR would like to have you for a client. Request the Free Time Study Guide to see an example of our work or ask questions, or look inside the time and motion study book, or give us a call for personal assistance; Jack Greene at 843-422-1298.

We invite you to call to discuss your situation; physical circumstances, objectives, timetable, budget. There is no cost nor obligation for preliminary discussion.  

 

Should you use consultant services, or design a layout in house?

The answer depends on your own resources. And it is not just a question of their technical ability. Do they have time available to devote to the project? JPR is experienced, and our priority is to perform the project.

JPR can develop work measurement options and provide technical expertise to meet the organization's objectives, time frame, and budget. We can provide one person or a team.

With the free guide, and especially with the book, it is possible to provide basic training to internal resources so that they can perform effective work measurement themselves; we'll provide remote assistance and support as well.