Steps in Carrying Out Work Measurement (Determining the Standard Time): The Process

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Process Steps of Carrying Out Work Measurement (Determining the Standard Time)

1. Obtain and record all available information about the job, the worker and the surrounding conditions likely to affect the execution of the work.
2. Record the complete description of the method, break it down into elements.
3. Measure with a stopwatch and record the time taken by the worker to perform each element of the operation.
4. Assess the rating of the worker.
5. Extend the observed time to "basic time" by factorizing the actual time (observed time) by the assessed rating.
6. Determine the allowances (e.g. personal allowances, relaxation allowances, allowances for the working conditions etc) to be made over and above the "basic time" for the operation.
7. Apply those allowances on the "basic time".
8. Thus, determine the "standard time" for the operation.

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