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    Allowances: INSY 3021 Auburn University Spring 2007

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    This document discusses allowances in workplace time studies. It defines allowances as accounting for interruptions, delays, and slowdowns. It describes two methods for calculating allowances: production study and work sampling. Production study requires long-term observation but results may be biased, while work sampling frees the technician but only provides approximations. Allowances typically account for around 15% and include personal needs, basic fatigue, variable fatigue, and unavoidable delays. The standard time is calculated by adding these allowances to the normal time.

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    This document discusses allowances in workplace time studies. It defines allowances as accounting for interruptions, delays, and slowdowns. It describes two methods for calculating allowances: production study and work sampling. Production study requires long-term observation but results may be biased, while work sampling frees the technician but only provides approximations. Allowances typically account for around 15% and include personal needs, basic fatigue, variable fatigue, and unavoidable delays. The standard time is calculated by adding these allowances to the normal time.

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    This document discusses allowances in workplace time studies. It defines allowances as accounting for interruptions, delays, and slowdowns. It describes two methods for calculating allowances: production study and work sampling. Production study requires long-term observation but results may be biased, while work sampling frees the technician but only provides approximations. Allowances typically account for around 15% and include personal needs, basic fatigue, variable fatigue, and unavoidable delays. The standard time is calculated by adding these allowances to the normal time.

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    Allowances

    INSY 3021
    Auburn University Spring 2007

    Uses
    Accounts for interruptions, delays, and slowdown in the workplace Must be both accurate and correct Can be calculated by Production Study or Work Sampling

    Production Study
    Requires complete observation over a long period of time Record specific instances of NonValue Added Activity Data must be adjusted to the normal performance level Long, tedious (technician & operator), results may be biased

    Work Sampling
    Requires a large # of random observations Frees the technician to perform other duties No use of a stopwatch is necessary Technician simply records what each operator is doing Yields an approximation

    Work Sampling Shortfalls


    Analyst should not anticipate observations Confine observations to predetermined subjects Study accuracy depends on both the number of observations and the sample scheduling

    Personal Needs
    Those interruptions necessary to the general well-being of the employee Trips to water fountain, restroom, etc Can be a function of the working environment Typically 5%

    Basic Fatigue
    Accounts for the energy expenditure to perform the given work Typically 4% under Normal Conditions

    Variable Fatigue

    Lessening of the will to work Can be mental or physical, or a combined effect Factors include: Noise, heat, humidity, posture, muscular exertion, tediousness, general health of the worker Can be directly measured by declining output production over the course of the day

    Primary Considerations
    Abnormal posture: sitting Vs..standing Vs. bending Vs Muscular force: time Vs. exertion level; recovery Atmospheric conditions Noise and Illumination levels Visual & mental strain Monotony and Tediousness

    Unavoidable Delays

    Interruptions from: supervisor, dispatcher, time study technician, material faults, interference from servicing multiple machines

    Avoidable Delays
    Social visits Day-dreaming Idleness Unnecessary work interruptions

    Policy Allowances
    Different performance under exceptional circumstances ADA, new-employees, light duty, elderly, etc

    Allowances
    Typically about 15% Personal interruptions Fatigue Unavoidable delay Standard Time (ST) ST = NT (1 + allowances)

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