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The latest version of the work system method is organized around a general problem-solving outline that includes: Identify the problem or opportunity; Identify the work system that has that problem or opportunity (plus relevant constraints and other considerations) Use the work system framework to summarize the work system; Gather relevant data.
This data and the application rules for the MTM system were refined, extended, defined, industrially tested and documented as a result of further work in later years. In 1948, Maynard, Stegemerten and Schwab published the book “Methods-Time Measurement” giving full details of the development of the MTM system and its application rules.
Maynard operation sequence technique (MOST) [1] is a predetermined motion time system that is used primarily in industrial settings to set the standard time in which a worker should perform a task. To calculate this, a task is broken down into individual motion elements, and each is assigned a numerical time value in units known as time ...
The two techniques became integrated and refined into a widely accepted method applicable to the improvement and upgrading of work systems. This integrated approach to work system improvement is known as methods engineering [1] and it is applied today to industrial as well as service organizations, including banks, schools and hospitals. [2]
The work breakdown structure provides a common framework for the natural development of the overall planning and control of a contract and is the basis for dividing work into definable increments from which the statement of work can be developed and technical, schedule, cost, and labor hour reporting can be established.
Work Measurement and Methods Improvement. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 978-0-471-37089-5. Groover, Mikell (2007). Work Systems and the Methods, Measurement, and Management of Work. Upper Saddle River: Pearson Prentice Hall. ISBN 978-0-13-140650-6
The Work System Theory (WST) and Work System Method (WSM) are both forms of socio-technical systems but in the form of work systems. Also, the Work System Method encourages the use of both socio-technical ideas and values when it comes to IS development, use and implementation. [20]
Method study is the principal technique for reducing the work involved, primarily by eliminating unnecessary movement on the part of material or operatives and by substituting good methods for poor ones. Work measurement is concerned with investigating, reducing and subsequently eliminating ineffective time, that is time during which no ...