On What Bases Time Study Methods Can Be Calculated?

1.	On What Bases Time Study Methods Can Be Calculated?
Answer» Application of past experience. The time required to do the operation in the past, either recorded or remembered, may be used as the present standard or as a BASIS for estimating a standard for a similar operation or the same operation being done under changed conditions. Direct observation and MEASUREMENT. The operation may be observed and its time recorded as it is actually performed and adjustments may be made to allow for the estimated pace rate of the operator and for special allowances. Synthetic techniques. A time standard for an ACTUAL or proposed operation may be constructed from the sum of the times to perform its several components. The times of the components are extracted from standard charts, tables, graphs, and formulas in MANUALS or in computer databases and totaled to arrive at the OVERALL time for the entire operation.

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Application of past experience. The time required to do the operation in the past, either recorded or remembered, may be used as the present standard or as a BASIS for estimating a standard for a similar operation or the same operation being done under changed conditions.
Direct observation and MEASUREMENT. The operation may be observed and its time recorded as it is actually performed and adjustments may be made to allow for the estimated pace rate of the operator and for special allowances.
Synthetic techniques. A time standard for an ACTUAL or proposed operation may be constructed from the sum of the times to perform its several components. The times of the components are extracted from standard charts, tables, graphs, and formulas in MANUALS or in computer databases and totaled to arrive at the OVERALL time for the entire operation.

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