Uses Of
Work Study:
1. Increased
productivity and operational efficiency.
2. Reduced
manufacturing costs.
3. Improved
workplace layout.
4. Better
manpower planning and capacity planning.
5. Fair wages
to employees.
6. Better
working conditions for employees.
7. Improved
work flow.
8. Reduced
material handling costs.
9. Provides a
standard of performance to measure labor efficiency.
10. Better
industrial relations and employee morale.
11. Basis for
sound incentive schemes.
12. Provides
better job satisfaction to employees.
Advantages
Of Work Study:
1. Uniform and
improved power flow.
2. Higher
productive efficiency.
3. Reduced
manufacturing costs.
4. Fast and
accurate delivery dates.
5. Better
service to customers.
6. Better
manpower planning and capacity planning.
7. Job
security and job satisfaction to workers.
8. Higher
wages to workers.
Characteristics
of Work Study Engineer:
The Work Study Engineer needs to be educated, expert, smart,
confident, personal dignity and honesty. Must come from the top level
management.
Sincerity
and Honesty: The work study person must be sincere and honest only if is
the case, will he/she gain the confidence and respect of those with whom he or
she will work.
Enthusiasm:
He/She must be really keen on the job, believe
in the importance of what he or she is doing and be able to transmit enthusiasm
to the people round about.
Tact/Diplomacy: Tact is dealing with people comes
from understanding them and not wishing to hurt their feelings by unkind or
thoughtless word, even when these may be justified. Without justified, no work
study person is going to get very far.
Good
Appearance: The
person must be neat, tidy & look efficient. This will inspire confidence
among the people with whom he or she has to work.
Self-confidence:
This can only come with good training and experience
of applying work study successfully. The work study practitioner must be able
to stand up to top management. Supervisors or workers in defense of his opinion
and finding, and to do so in such a way that will respect and not give offense.
Work of
Gilberth:
Gilberth is
considered as the founder of “Modern motion study technique” which is defined
as the study of body motions used in performing an operation for the purpose of
improving the operation by:
1. Elementing unnecessary motions.
2. Simplifying necessary motions.
3. Then establishing the most favorable
motion sequence for maximum efficiency.
Scope Of Work Study: There is a school of thought that
work study is applicable only in the field of industry where processes are
highly repetitive. This is not true. Since its universal in its application, it
does not matter whether the activity studies had occurred in industry, public
services or in the armed forces. It is not confined to engineering activities
of a repetitive nature; it can be applied to jobbing, maintenance or similar
work in which there is little or no repetition of a particular operation.
work study is a generic term for method study and work measurement which are used in the examinatin 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.
The aim of IE depertment to provide specialized services to production departments, such as methods improvement, time study, and job evaluation and merit rating to head new projects if required.
Edited By:
Md. Farid Ahmed
IE Officer
Fakir Apparels Ltd.
BSCIC Industrial Area, Enayet Nagar,
Fatulla, Narayangonj, Bangladesh.
Mobile: 01814220987
Email: farid.ieconcern@gmail.com
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