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No particular method of work measurement is mandated when creating the
standard. But whatever method is used must be verifiable and conducted through
the use of established industrial work measurement techniques.
The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division accepts, for
example, such methods as stopwatch time studies, Methods-Time Measurement (MTM)
and Modular Arrangement of Predetermined Time Standards (MODAPTS).
- Methods-Time Measurement (MTM) is a work measurement system
established in 1948 in which a predetermined time value is assigned to every
manual motion involved in performing a given task. The time required to
complete a unit of work is derived by first adding together the time values for
each motion involved, and then adding a personal time, delay, and fatigue
factor (known as a PF&D factor). Generally, not less than a 15% allowance
(nine or ten minutes per hour) is used to allow for PF&D. The original MTM
(now referred to as MTM-1) had 450 time values. It has been replaced by a
simplified version, known as MTM-2, which has only 30 to 50 time values and
thus is easier to learn and apply accurately.
- Modular Arrangement of Predetermined Time Standards (MODAPTS)
is a work measurement system developed by Australian chemical engineer C.G.
Heyde and introduced in 1966. MODAPTS is a predetermined time system that deals
with standard time values or units of human physical work, termed "modules" or
"MODS." These MODS are related to movements of the human body as work is
performed. Proponents of this system claim that, of all predetermined time
standards systems, MODAPTS is the fastest to use, the most accurate, and the
easiest to learn. MODAPTS proponents claim this system is superior to stopwatch
time studies since it eliminates performance rating, or the subjective practice
of evaluating the speed and effectiveness of the worker being studied.
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