Written by an experienced engineer with a diversified background in industrial engineering and management, this informative "how-to" book for applying the techniques of motion and time study in lean manufacturing offers step-by-step procedures and forms for 10 uses of time standards, 10 study techniques, and five time standards setting techniques. An ideal reference source, it offers practical advice on numerous topics, including designing work stations, achieving a successful attitude, and goal-planning.
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An ideal reference source replete with practical advice on everything from work station designs to goal-planning, this informative "how-to" book for applying the techniques of motion and time study in lean manufacturing offers step-by-step procedures and forms for 10 uses of time standards, 10 study techniques, and five time standards setting techniques. Teaches production people the techniques of motion and time study so they can assist in the design measurement and control of manufacturing methods and costs. Presents simple, step-by-step procedures, examines the importance of time standards, and includes a list of its uses. Adopts an easy-to-follow, predetermined time standards system, and discusses the importance of maintaining a successful attitude.
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Fred E. Meyers is president of Fred Meyers and Associates, an industrial engineering management consulting company. He designs and implements production improvement and motivation systems. Mr. Meyers is a registered professional industrial engineer and a senior member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers. He has 35 years of industrial engineering experience. He has worked for Caterpillar Tractor Co., Boeing's aerospace division, Mattelloy Co., Times Mirror Corp., Ingersoll-Rand's proto tool division, Spaulding's golf club division, and Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, College of Engineering, where he taught for 20 years while starting and operating his consulting business. He was director of applied research and an associate professor.
Mr. Meyers has worked for over 100 companies as a consultant responsible for installing incentive systems, performance control systems, plant layouts, new product startup, and cost estimating systems. He has worked in heavy equipment manufacturing, aerospace, consumer products, appliance manufacturing, lumber, plywood, paper, oil blending and packaging, furniture, tooling, fiberglass, and many other areas. The variety of his assignments has given him the ability to see the wide-ranging uses of motion and time study.
Fred E. Meyers has taught motion and time study to over 130 classes and 5,000 people, including professional engineers and managers, union stewards, and college students. He has presented seminars to the National Association of Industrial Technology, industrial plants, the U.S. Air Force and Navy, and labor unions.
James R. Stewart is Associate Professor of Technology at Northern Illinois University. For the past decade, he has taught plant layout, engineering economy, manufacturing philosophy, production and inventory systems, industrial quality control, ergonomics, and work measurement and improvement. He is a Fellow in the World Academy of Productivity Science. He is a senior member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers and is a founding member and is on the board of directors of the Society for Work Science. He is also on the board of The International MODAPTS Association. He is an active member of a number of other societies, including NAIT, ASQ, and Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. He has 30 years of experience in work measurement in education, government, and industry.
Dr. Stewart has served on the faculty of several universities; worked in city, county and state productivity programs; and has managed engineering programs in electronics assembly, electronics component fabrication, pulp and paper fabrication, fiberglass processing, industrial tape manufacturing, and engineering consulting. He has published many articles about unique applications of work measurement. James R. Stewart has taught motion and time study in credit and noncredit courses for over 25 years. He has been certified and taught a number of predetermined time systems, including MOST, Work Factor, MTM-1, and MODAPTS.
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good content, questionable printing quality,
By william milz (Marinette 60 miles north of Lambeau Field) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Motion and Time Study: For Lean Manufacturing (2nd Edition) (Hardcover)
Good explanation of traditional work measurement techniques and does discuss their application to support the "trendy" lean manufacturing techniques. As such, will help practioners of lean techniques to use a sound engineered/quantified approach. At times, seems like a commercial for author's consulting business. Page paper quality, photocopy pictures and illustrations are not professional quality. Price is questionable given printing quality.
14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
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Motion & Time Study for FAT Manufacturing,
By Brice W Seifert (Mississippi State University, MS) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Motion and Time Study: For Lean Manufacturing (2nd Edition) (Hardcover)
Although this book has valuable information regarding traditional time and motion techniques, it does a poor job of addressing the lean manufacturing aspect. In today's dynamic manufacturing environment, the Industrial Engineer is forever pressed to increase throughput and reduce inventories rather than study time standards in infinite detail. Given these constraints, the fusion of more contemporary lean manufacturing techniques with traditional time and motion studies was severely lacking in this textbook.
2 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Manufacturing revolution,
By michael Ayeni (Ohio, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Motion and Time Study: For Lean Manufacturing (2nd Edition) (Hardcover)
As time has progressed, manufacturing professionals have become more detail oriented due to the competition within the industry and also due to the high costs of production. With the concept of lean manufacturing being continuously improved, manufacturing will have a high % of efficiency. My goal is to see manufacturing processes have a 100% efficiency. This is a good book to use in undersstanding the big picture of lean manufacturing.
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