Standard Work
Time Observations

Standard Work
Time Observations

Topics in this Video

• Choice of Time Observation Worksheets — 0:00

  Most commonly, you will enter your Time Observation data into your Standard Work template

• Following the instructions for your Standard Work template, you should have already...

  1) Entered your Initial Data and Units of Measure

• Enter the Operator Number — 1:30

  Optional: Define your Operators, and perhaps Operator Levels

  Every row must have an Operator number.

  Steps for each Operator must be all be together.

  For Steps performed by an External Operator, enter '-1' (minus 1), and notice that the cell is specially formatted so that this will appear as 'X'

• Observe Operator Process Time — 4:45

  Ensure that each of your observers completed the Process Observation Training

  Each Work Element starts & ends with a break point where work COULD be handed off from one worker to another

  (Later) you can optionally add hyperlinks to drill down to more detailed Work Instructions (for new-hires or vacation replacements)

• Option 1) Use a stopwatch — 7:00

  Using a Time Observation Worksheet, or a blank print-out of the Time Observation section of your Standard Work template

• Option 2) Import from a hand-held device — 7:50
• Option 3) Use video time observation — 8:15
• Enter your stopwatch time observations — 9:30

  The video also demonstrates the use of Freeze Panes to keep the header row visible as you scroll through a large number of rows

• Don't insert rows !!!

  Instead, copy a similar blank row using Insert Copied Cells or Shift Down and Copy.

  And move entire rows using Move Cut Cells or Shift Down and Move.

• Choose which type of time to use for your analysis — 10:15

  At any time, use the dropdown list to switch between: 2nd fastest Repeatable, Mean Average, Median Average, Standard, or Video

• Frequency Codes — 11:30

  to handle Out of Cycle Work that happens at any frequency other than the Run Cycle. (examples: setup, inspections...)

  See training page for Frequency Codes

Special Situations

• Outside Operators — 16:45

  Wait time.

  Use Shift Down and Move to keep all rows together for the steps performed by each Operator.

• Machines — 18:45

  Wait time.

  Standard Work Analysis is all about the Operator; not the machine.

• Machine time exceeds Takt Time — 19:45
• One operator running multiple machines — 20:15
• Multiple operators performing every step — 22:45