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• WORK MEASUREMENT

  • Careful analysis of a task, its size, the method used in its perf, & its efficiency
• WORK MEASUREMENT

  • Determines the workload in an operation
  • The time that is required
  • The number of workers needed to perform the work efficiently.
• USES OF WORK MEASUREMENT

  • Used in planning work and in drawing out schedules.

  • Used to determine standard costs.

  • Used as an aid in preparing budgets.

  • Used in balancing production lines for new products.

  • Used in determining machine effectiveness.
• USES OF WORK MEASUREMENT

  • To determine time standards to be used as a basis for labor cost control.

  • To est supervisory objs & to prov a basis for measuring supervisory efficiency.

  • To determine time standards to be used for providing a basis for wage incentive plans.
• TECHNIQUES OF WORK MEASUREMENT

  • Time Study

  • Work Sampling

  • Pre-determined Motion Time System

  • Analytical Estimating
• STRATEGIES TO INCREASE EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY

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  • Set Realistic Goals

  • Open A Virtual Office

  • Provide Consistent Feedback

  • Be Social

  • Empower Your Employees

  • Provide Direction

  • Build your Employee Brand

  • Limit Meetings

  • Offer Flexible Hours

  • Provide the Necessary Tools to Do the Job

  • Communicate Clearly and Concisely

  • Offer Career Growth Opportunities

  • Reward Employees

  • Play more Games

  • Show That You Care
• STRATEGIES TO INCREASE EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY: Set Realistic Goals

  • Set clear & realistic goals that are obtainable for your EMs to complete in a reasonable & timely fashion.
• STRATEGIES TO INCREASE EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY:

  Provide Consistent Feedback

  • Feedback will help your EMs reach full potential.

  • Be willing to give & receive feedback.
• STRATEGIES TO INCREASE EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY: Open A Virtual Office

  • Some EMs will be more productive outside of the office.

  • Set up telecommuting, remote/virtual work options for EMs who thrive in these envis.
• STRATEGIES TO INCREASE EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY: Be Social

  • Organize & encourage social gatherings for your EMs.

  • When you build rels bet people = increased productivity
• STRATEGIES TO INCREASE EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY: Provide Direction

  • Be a guiding force that provides direction to Ems so they what to do and how to do it.
• STRATEGIES TO INCREASE EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY: Limit Meetings

  • No one likes meetings.

  • If unnecessary, eliminate them sched is already hectic
• STRATEGIES TO INCREASE EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY: Provide the Necessary Tools to Do the Job

  • Offer training, supply materials, & invest in your team.

  • Employee has tools = boosts efficiency & productivity.
• STRATEGIES TO INCREASE EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY: Offer Flexible Hours

  • Allow people to come in early/stay later so that they are able to work when they are the most productive.
• STRATEGIES TO INCREASE EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY: Communicate Clearly and Concisely

  • Keep EM updated so they understand the office envi.
• STRATEGIES TO INCREASE EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY: Empower Your Employees

  • Don‘t micromanage your team.

  • Give them power to make decisions by themselves
• STRATEGIES TO INCREASE EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY: Offer Career Growth Opportunities

  • People want to know they will ultimately climb the career ladder.

  • If they don‘t see this opportunity, they will lose motivation & be more likely to quit.
• STRATEGIES TO INCREASE EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY: Reward Employees

  • Reward everything with cool prizes.

  • Rewards are a great incentive to increase productivity.
• STRATEGIES TO INCREASE EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY: Build your Employee Brand

  • Create a respectable, fun, & loyal EM brand.

  • When an EM is proud of their company, they will work harder.
• STRATEGIES TO INCREASE EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY: Play more Games

  • Cutting out work can ultimately help an employee boost overall productivity.
• STRATEGIES TO INCREASE EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY: Show That You Care

  • Care abt your EMs and they will care for you.

  • Log some face time and get to know your team.
• OBJECTIVES OF WORK MEASUREMENT (1-6)

  • To compare the times of perf by alternative methods.

  • To enable realistic sched of work to be prepared.

  • To arrive at a realistic & fair incentive scheme.
• OBJECTIVES OF WORK MEASUREMENT (1-6)

  • To analyze the acts for doing a job with the view to reduce/eliminate unnecessary jobs.

  • To minimize the human effort.

  • To assist in the org of labor by daily comparing the actual time with that of target time.
• Techniques of Work Measurement: Time Study

  • Directly observing & timing each part of the task using a stopwatch as it breaks down all the task -> small parts.
  • All the recorded times are added to determine the standard time for completion.
• Techniques of Work Measurement: Work Sampling

  • Also known as activity sampling
  • Taking a random sample of work acts through intermittent observation...
  • then analyzing the data to estimate the proportion of time spent on different tasks.
• Techniques of Work Measurement: Predetermined Motion Time System

  It also breaks down the task into smaller parts

  Each part has an estimated time based on historical data or standards.
• Techniques of Work Measurement: Analytical Estimating

  • Relies on expert judgment, historical data, & mathematical models
  • which are used to estimate the time of the activities.