Time Study on Offline Tool Setting

Time study is a work measurement technique for recording the times and rates of working for the elements of a specified job, for analyzing the data so as to obtain the necessary time for carrying out the job at a defined level of performance. The aim of the project is to develop and apply time study model for an automobile manufacturing firm which is engaged in production of commercial vehicles, engines, trucks and buses.The production of parts of truck involves several major activities such as cutting, trimming and flange making. Each activity requires different tools and each part requires different set of tools for operation and hence needs immense amount of time in setting up the tools. Number of problems arises due to the glitches in time management and hence time study methods are used to overcome them.The motivation of this project was the need to reduce the time taken for the offline tool setting in sheet metal department (CPPS- cap panel press shop) of the firm. Hence the processes were broken down into jobs and tasks, and MOST (Maynard Operation Sequencing Technique) is used to calculate the time taken for the tasks and jobs.Therefore, there is a need to reduce the time taken for setting up of the tools to speed up the processes and in turn increase productivity. Also the calculated time can be used to make efficient production plans.