what is mean by time study?

Question

it is about textile industries

Answer 1

In manufacturing, like the textile industry, in order for the textile company to charge it's customers for work they have been contracted to perform, the company's Manufacturing Engineering Department will assign an Engineer who will go through each step of the manufacturing process and do a "time study".

That is, he will put a stop watch on each step of the process to record how much time it takes and then, from that information will be able to compile an accurate estimate of the amount of money it costs for his company to perform those tasks (labor, materials and equipment ) and produce the product, then he will take that total and add a pre-determined percentage amount as a "profit" and this then is presented to the customer as his "bill" for the work to be performed.

This way, a customer (another company) that wants the textile manufacturer to make (manufacture) a product for him will only be charged what is "reasonable" with an added profit margin so that the textile company is making a reasonable profit while the company that is the customer is charged only what is a fair price for the product being manufactured. This is then put into a contract which both companies then sign as an agreement.

Answer 2

Time study in manufacturing is all about metrics (measurement) of efficiency.It is also called time-and-motion study. The purpose is to speed up production with minimum waste of effort and power.

For a particular job portion in the assembly line, you measure the time needed to process a given amount or volume of work. Take for example cutting textiles. Before that, there is a pattern-making which is sent to the cutter to follow. Now upon arrival of the pattern and the placement of the textile to be cut, you begin measuring how many layers of textile could be cut following the pattern with a given cutting machine. How many layers in how many minutes? What are the intervening time of related or ancillary activities (between placing the textiles in the cutting board, unrolling and spreading it, then after cutting, shooting or conveying the cut textiles to the sewing line, cleaning or clearing the trimmings, then cutting another batch)?

The total time measurement will then be analyzed to determine in what area of activity could time be shortened and what are the methods to be employed. Would you add another pair of hands to clear the trimmings? another to unroll the textile sheets? Or maybe another cutting machine and another operator is needed?

Answer 3

I would say that it means exactly what it says......A study done over a period of time. In your case with the textile industry i would think it would be a study of how textiles evolved over time or maybe how fashions has changed over time etc.

hugo

Answer 4

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