With time and motion studies, tasks are broken into small, simple steps, or elements.   The sequence of movements taken are carefully observed during the time motion process to detect and eliminate redundant or wasteful motion, and precise times are collected for each correct movement is measured. O bserved variances from normal effort or pace are captured and documented. Within this process, adequate time for such elements as unavoidable human or machine delays, fatigue, and personal needs are factored. 

 The Time and Motion Study, Time Study, data collected can be utilized in many ways to include:

⇒Engineered Labor Standards, fair labor performance goals

⇒Reduce labor and resource costs

⇒Define and validate product costs

⇒Understand labor time, cost, and other resource requirements

⇒Identify staffing requirements and  work schedules

⇒Labor planning needs

⇒Determine and remove non-value added activities

⇒Basis to develop competitive sales tools, productivity tools, etc.

⇒Identify opportunities to improve the work flow to include