Why Measure White-Collar Work?

Studies on human workplace and task-efficiency and safety have been conducted across the broad fields of industry for centuries. While most people associate work place training for efficiencies as largely a blue-collar necessity there remains equal value...

3 Steps to Designing a Work-Measurement Study

Work measurement studies are used to review task performance efficiencies, to review body effectiveness with movements and ergonomics, and to develop ways to code tasks so they can be repeated by others in the same, efficient ergonomic manner, taking almost exactly...

How to Execute a Work Study

Reviewing Current Shared Operating Procedures In planning work-study, think through the kinds of work, i.e.; the series of actions each person takes when performing the task. This may involve observation and interviews for an accurate understanding of what is involved...