DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGG.

ANDHRA PRADESH
Name :
Designation :
Branch : Mechanical Engg.
Institute :
Year/Semester : VI Semester
Subject : Industrial Engineering
Subject Code :
Topic : Work Study
Duration : 50 Minutes
Sub Topic : Method study
Teaching Aids : Diagrams
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 OBJECTIVES

At the end of the class, you would be able to

• Understand the contribution of work study to increase

productivity

• Identify components of work study

• Know the characteristics and advantages of work study

• Identify areas of applications of work study

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• Now closely observe the video clipping and

record your observations

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 OBSERVATIONS

The following observations can be made from

the activity shown in the clipping

• Improper work place layout

• Poor lighting

• Unnecessary movements

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• Now closely observe the video clipping and see
the modified method of working

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MODIFIED METHOD INCLUDED

• Modified working layout

• Improved lighting

• Rhythm in movements

• Reduced fatigue

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INDUSTRY/ORGANIZATION

It is a production system
that produces goods or
services by utilizing the
available resources

Fig 1

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PRODUCTION SYSTEM

INPUT
(RESOURCES)
Men, Machines, Materials, Money
Methods, Information, Energy

Transformation

OUTPUT
Goods/ Services

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 TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS

Sl.No. Name of the Output

Organization (goods/services)
1 Visakhapatnam Steel Steel wires, rods,
Plant channels, etc.
2 Hindustan Petroleum Diesel, Petrol,
Corporation Limited Naphtha etc.
3 General Motors Automobiles

4 Indian Airlines Transportation

5 Apollo Hospitals Health services

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 INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

• Industrial engineering is concerned with the design,

improvement and installation of integrated system of

men, materials and machines.

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 INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
TECHNIQUES
• Work study

• Production planning & control

• Inventory control

• Quality control

• Value analysis

• Job evaluation

• Merit rating

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 INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
TECHNIQUES

Technique Objective
Work study To improve Productivity

Production planning & To plan, schedule and control

control production activities.

Inventory control To stock the material at optimum

level.

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 INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
TECHNIQUES (contd.,)
Technique Objective
Quality Control To assure the customer with quality
product
Value Analysis To reduce the unnecessary costs that
are built into the product

Job Evaluation To find the relative worth of the jobs

Merit Rating To determine relative worth of an

employee

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 PRODUCTIVITY

output of goods/service
_________________
Input of resources

Productivity is the measure of how well the

resources are brought together in an organization

and utilized for accomplishing a set of objectives

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 PRODUCTIVITY Vs EFFICIENCY

• productivity is related to industry as

efficiency is related to machine

• Productivity should be more than one and

efficiency is always less than one

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HOW TO INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY?

• Increase in output without increase in input

• Maintaining same output with decrease in input

• Rate of increase in output to be more than rate of

increase in input

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 BENEFITS FROM PRODUCTIVITY
INCREASE
Stake Holder Benefits
Entrepreneurs High Rate of Income
High Market share
Corporate Image
Workers Higher wages
Safe working environment

Suppliers Prompt payment

Continuous order

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 BENEFITS FROM PRODUCTIVITY
INCREASE (Contd.)

Stake Holder Benefits

Customers Lower cost

High quality
Timely delivery
Government Economic development

Share holders Higher dividends

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 Relationship between productivity
and work-study

Work-Study

Method Study
Work measurement
-To simplify job and develop
more economical method -To determine the standard
of doing work Time for doing an operation

Higher Productivity

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 WORK-STUDY

• To determine the best method of performing each

operation and to eliminating wastages so that

production increases with less fatigue.

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 METHOD STUDY

• It is the systematic recording and critical examination of

Existing method of doing a job in order to develop and

install an easy ,rapid ,efficient, effective and less fatigue

procedure for doing the same job at lower cost.

• This is achieved by eliminating unnecessary motions

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 WORK MEASUREMENT

• It is the application of techniques designed to establish

the time by a qualified worker to carry out a specified job

at a defined level of performance

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 Characteristics of work-study

• A means of enhancing the productivity by eliminating

waste and un-necessary operations

• An accurate and systematic technique to establish

standard work and time

• A technique to identify non-value added operations by

investigating all the factors affecting the job
• Productivity is the reduction in wastage of resources like
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men,machine power,space,time.
 Human considerations in work study

• Management and work-study man should make the

workers to understand the need for the change in the

methods, procedures and habits

• Management has to convince them how the change

benefits both workers and the organization

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Human considerations in work study
(Contd..)
• Before the work-study begins, the whole purpose

and procedure must be carefully explained to

supervisors to get acceptability from them

• Management should realize the fact that the

workers are the key contributors to improve the

productivity

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ADVANTAGES OF WORK STUDY
• To achieve smooth production flow

• To eliminate waste and un-necessary operations

• To have better worker-management relations

• To meet due date delivery

• To utilize resources optimally

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 ADVANTAGES OF WORK STUDY
(Contd..)
• To achieve better Working conditions

• To have better work place layout

• To Standardize a method

• To simplify a method

• To establish standard time for an operation

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APPLICATIONS OF WORK STUDY

• Work or Job design

• Work station design

• Transportation

• Material handling

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 SUMMARY

• Work Study is classified into Method Study and

Work Measurement

• Work Study is one of the tools to increase

production

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 QUIZ
1) The following technique is meant for improving
the work

a) Work study

b) Quality control

c) Inventory control

d) None of the above

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 QUIZ

2) Productivity is

a) Input/Output

b) Input x Output

c) Output/Input

d) None of the above

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 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

1. Define
a) Work Study

b) Method Study

c) Time Study

d) Productivity

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THANK YOU

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