This thesis shows the results of an experiment in order to test the validity of Methods Time
Measurement (MTM) data. MTM, developed in 1948, is one of the most commonly used
Predetermined Motion Time Systems to calculate standard time for a task. However, there is
limited research on the validity of the MTM data in the literature. Today&rsquo / s technology
provides new computerized tools to perform time studies. One of such tools is Real Time
Method Study (RTMS). RTMS is a computerized method study tool being developed in METU
Technopolis, which uses Image Processing and Machine Learning to conduct time studies
automatically. RTMS uses MTM data as a benchmark data to compare observed performance
results / therefore validity of MTM data is an important issue for it. In order to test the
validity of MTM data an experiment conducted in the Ergonomics Laboratory of the METU
Industrial Engineering Department. In this experiment 40 undergraduate students performed
four different tasks. These tasks were recorded by a video camera and analyzed frame by
frame to calculate normal times for basic motions of MTM. Results are compared with the
original MTM data and it is shown that MTM times do not fit the observed data. This study in
the end suggests updating MTM data or constructing a new standard time database by using
a tool like RTMS.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12614916/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 September 2012 |
| Creators | Bahcivancilar, Ugur |
| Contributors | Cilingir, Canan |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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