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Process Analysis: IENG 301 Fundamentals of Work Study and Ergonomics

The document discusses process analysis and different types of process charts used to analyze workflows. It describes how a process chart can be used to map each step in a manufacturing or office process. It also describes assembly process charts used when parts are assembled, gang process charts to analyze group activities, and how to analyze a gang process chart in four steps including balancing the gang to reduce wait times.

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Process Analysis: IENG 301 Fundamentals of Work Study and Ergonomics

The document discusses process analysis and different types of process charts used to analyze workflows. It describes how a process chart can be used to map each step in a manufacturing or office process. It also describes assembly process charts used when parts are assembled, gang process charts to analyze group activities, and how to analyze a gang process chart in four steps including balancing the gang to reduce wait times.

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PROCESS ANALYSIS

IENG 301
FUNDAMENTALS OF
WORK STUDY AND
ERGONOMICS
PROCESS ANALYSIS

 The entire system or process of doing


work should be studied before
undertaking a thorough investigation of
a specific operation in the process.
Such an over-all study will ordinarily
include an analysis of each step in the
manufacturing process or system.
PROCESS CHARTS
 The process chart is a device for recording a process in a
compact manner, as a means of better understanding it and
improving it.

 The chart represents graphically the separate steps or events


that occur during the performance of a task or during a series
of actions.

 The chart usually begins with the raw material entering the
factory and follows it through every step, such as
transportation to storage, inspection, machining operations,
and assembly, until it becomes either a finished unit itself or a
part of a subassembly.

 The process chart might, of course, record the process


through only one or a few departments.
PROCESS CHARTS
 A careful study of such a chart, giving a graphic
picture of every step in the process through the
factory, may suggest improvements.

 It is frequently found that


 certain operations can be eliminated entirely or that a part
of an operation can be eliminated,
 that one operation can be combined with another,
 that better routes for the parts can be found,
 more economical machines used,
 delays between operations eliminated, and
 other improvements made,
all of which serve to produce a better product at a lower cost.
PROCESS CHARTS

 The process chart assist in showing


the effects that changes in one part of
the process will have on other parts or
elements.
 Moreover, the chart may aid in
discovering particular operations, in
the process, which should be
subjected to more careful analysis.
PROCESS CHARTS

 The process chart, like other methods


of graphic representation, should be
modified to meet the particular
situation. For example, it may show in
sequence the activities of a person, or
the steps that the material goes
through. The chart should be either the
man type or material type and the two
types should not be combined.
PROCESS CHARTS
 Many years ago the Gilbreths devised a set
of 40 symbols which they used in making
process charts.

 The American Society of Mechanical


Engineers has established as standard the
five symbols listed below. This set of
symbols is a modification of the four most
widely used symbols of Gilbreths, in that the
arrow replaces the small circle and a new
symbol has been added to denote a delay.
PROCESS CHARTS
 Operation: An operation occurs when an object is intentionally
changed in one or more of its characteristics. An operation
represents a major step in the process and usually occurs at a
machine or work station.

 Transportation: A transportation occurs when an object is moved


from one place to another, except when the movement is an integral
part of an operation or an inspection.

 Inspection. An inspection occurs when an object is examined for


identification or is compared with a standard as to quantity or quality.

 Delay. A delay occurs when the immediate performance of the next


planned action does not take place.

 Storage. A storage occurs when an object is kept under control such


that its withdrawal requires authorization.
PROCESS CHARTS

 Combined Symbols. Two symbols may


be combined when activities are
performed at the same work place or
when they are performed concurrently
as one activity.
Process
Chart
Process
Chart
 In the office the
process chart might
show the flow of a
time card, a material
requisition, a
purchase order, or
any other form,
through the various
steps.

 The chart might begin


with the first entry on
the form and show all
the steps until the
form is permanently
filed or destroyed.
FLOW DIAGRAM
 Sometimes a better picture of the process
can be obtained by putting flow lines on a
plan drawing of the building or area in
which the activity takes place. This is called
a flow diagram.

 Sometimes, both a process chart and a flow


diagram are needed to show the steps in a
manufacturing process, office procedure, or
other activity.
Flow Diagram
ASSEMBLY PROCESS CHART

 A special type of process chart, sometimes


called an assembly process chart, is useful
for showing such situations as the following:
 when several parts are processed separately
and are then assembled and processed
together;
 when a product is disassembled and the
component parts are further processed,
 when it is necessary to show a division in the
flow of work, such as separate action on
different copies of an office form.
Assembly
Process Chart
GANG PROCESS CHART
 The gang process chart is an aid in studying the
activities of a group of people working together.
This chart is a composite of individual member
process charts, arranged to permit thorough
analysis.

 Those operations which are performed


simultaneously by gang members are indicated side
by side.

 The basic purpose of the chart is to analyze the


activities of the group and then compose the group
so as to reduce to a minimum all waiting time and
delays.
Gang
Process Chart
Analysis of Gang Process Chart

 Four steps are followed in analyzing a gang


process chart.
 First, the six questions what, who, where, when,
how, and why are asked of the entire process.
 Second, each operation and inspection is
analyzed by utilizing the same six questions.
 Third, the remaining transportations and storage
are studied.
 Fourth, the how question should be applied in a
new way after refinements have been completed
under step1, 2, and 3.
Analysis of Gang Process Chart
 This question is asked: “How should the
gang be composed to reduce waiting time to
minimum?” The following will assist the
analyst to “balance” the gang under step 4:
 Determine the class of operator having the
largest amount of waiting time per cycle, and the
class having the least.
 Adjust the gang by decreasing number of
operators least busy and increasing number of
operators most busy. Generally, it is preferable
to work toward a smaller rather than a larger
gang.

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