Question

What are the steps involved in method study?

Answer 1

Method study is the process of subjecting work to systematic, critical scrutiny to make it more effective and/or more efficient. It is one of the keys to achieving productivity improvement.

It was originally designed for the analysis and improvement of repetitive manual work but it can be used for all types of activity at all levels of an organisation.

The process is often seen as a linear, described by its main steps of:

Select (the work to be studied);Record (all relevant information about that work);Examine (the recorded information);Develop (an improved way of doing things);Install (the new method as standard practice);Maintain (the new standard proactive).