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Productivity & Standard Times

Productivity

Productivity is what a person can achieve with material, capital and technology. Productivity is primarily a personal attitude. It is an attitude that favors progress; that makes one continually strive to improve that which already exists. It is a conviction that if we can do things better today than yesterday, then we can do them even better tomorrow. It is a will to
improve the current situation no matter how good it appears to be, or how good it really is. It is a question of ongoing adaptation of human and financial lives to ever-changing conditions. It is the continual application of new theories and methods. And it is based on a faith in humankind’s ability to improve their conditions.

Within the confines of AVIX theories, we will discuss productivity measured in manually performed labor – that is, productivity measured in terms of the method applied.

Improving the productivity of manual labor can increase production quantitatively (with retained or improved quality) using the same or fewer resources and/or reduce the number of resources in order to retain the same or higher production compared to before.

Standard Times

With regard to our time analyses, all analysed times are standard times (based on MTM times). Standard times are calculated at a working pace of 100 and are set based on the distance the object is moved and the degree of difficulty associated with the object. A working pace of 100 is an internationally accepted standard. Generally speaking, the
working pace should not exceed 100. If the performance time is lower than the standard time, this means that the operator is working slower than a working pace of 100. If, on the other hand, the performance time is shorter than the standard time, the working pace exceeds 100.

In practice, it is not suitable to maintain a working pace greater than 100 for longer periods.

Standard time = Ts
Performance time = Te
Working pace = (Ts * 100) / Te

When we observe manual labor we witness deviations between different operators. These differences are mainly found in two areas.

  • the applied working method
  • the working pace at which the work is performed

The best working method is the working method that provides the shortest performance time together with the least possible exertion for the operator.

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