EMM 314: Manufacturing Work Study Trimester Examination

Asks which factors cause variation in an element's time during time study, the disadvantages of work sampling, and the predetermined time study approach to work measurement, then computes standard time from observed times, ratings and frequencies with a rest and personal allowance of twelve per cent. Requires a two-handed process chart for assembling two washers and a nut to a bolt from a written description of the hands' movements, together with the operator's ideal layout. Continues with the areas where methods study applies, the purposes of micromotion study, a standard time from a five-element study with personal and contingency allowances, a work sampling study of a component produced over five days, the jobs likely to be chosen in operation analysis, and the balance of an assembly line over an eight hour shift: total work content, maximum shift output, number of work stations, efficiency and idleness.