Work measurement, as the name suggests, provides management with a means of measuring the time taken in the performance of an operation or series of operations in such a way that ineffective time is shown up and can be separated from effective time.
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In work measurement, a "'standard data system "'is a database of normal time values, usually organized by work elements that can be used to establish time standards for tasks composed of work elements similar to those in the database.
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However, Function Points has a history of statistical accuracy, and has been used as a common unit of work measurement in numerous application development management ( ADM ) or outsourcing engagements, serving as the " currency " by which services are delivered and performance is measured.
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A predetermined motion time system is a work measurement technique whereby times established for basic human motions ( classified according to the nature of the motion and the conditions under which it is made ) are used to build up the time for a job at a defined level of performance.
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Manchester University researchers including Doug Miller, has gone deep in to uses of PMTS in apparel labour costing in " Towards Sustainable Labour Costing in UK Fashion Retail . " Doug says . . work measurement for arriving at a standard time should normally make provision for relaxation, contingency and special allowances.
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He also explained that he did not approve of using management consultants to introduce work measurement systems and that the Bedaux Unit was not new : Rowntree's Cocoa Works had been using an almost identical unit, the " Mark ", to measure many of its 7, 000 workers since 1923.
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The Industrial Engineering Terminology Standard, defines time study as " a work measurement technique consisting of careful time measurement of the task with a time measuring instrument, adjusted for any observed variance from normal effort or pace and to allow adequate time for such items as foreign elements, unavoidable or machine delays, rest to overcome fatigue, and personal needs ."
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In apparel manufacture, three PTS ( aka PMTS ) consultancy firms specializing in methods-time measurement ( MTM ) appear to be operating in the sector the US-based Modular Arrangement of Predetermined Time Standards ( MODAPTS ), the Sri Lankan-based Seweasy and the UK-headquartered GSD ( Corporate ) Ltd . All three forms of work measurement for arriving at a standard time should normally make provision for relaxation, contingency and special allowances.
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The act, and its related Second Hoover Commission ( 1953-55 ) addressed paperwork management and recommended the adoption of program relating to " directives management, reports management, paperwork quality control, and clerical work measurement . " As a result, the first " Guide to Record Retention Requirements " was published in 1955; the guide is updated annually and is used by archivists and other record managers both in and out of government.
