a)
To determine: The standard time for the operation.
Introduction: The amount of the dependency on human effort by an organization in terms of achieving its goals is given by the work design. It is directly linked to the productivity of an organization where good work design helps in achieving high productivity.
a)
Answer to Problem 10P
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
Element | Performance rating | Observations (minutes per cycles) | Allowance | |||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||
1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.17 | 1.16 | 1.22 | 1.24 | 1.15 | 0.15 |
2 | 1.15 | 0.83 | 0.87 | 0.78 | 0.82 | 0.85 | 0 | 0.15 |
3 | 1.05 | 0.58 | 0.53 | 0.52 | 0.59 | 0.6 | 0.54 | 0.15 |
Formula:
Calculation of standard time of operation:
Element | Performance rating | Observations (minutes per cycles) | Allowance | Observed time | Normal time | Afjob | Standard time | |||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||||
1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.17 | 1.16 | 1.22 | 1.24 | 1.15 | 0.15 | 1.198 | 1.317 | 1.15 | 1.52 |
2 | 1.15 | 0.83 | 0.87 | 0.78 | 0.82 | 0.85 | 0 | 0.15 | 0.83 | 0.954 | 1.15 | 1.10 |
3 | 1.05 | 0.58 | 0.53 | 0.52 | 0.59 | 0.6 | 0.54 | 0.15 | 0.564 | 0.592 | 1.15 | 0.68 |
Standard time for operation | 3.29 |
Excel Worksheet:
Element 1:
Observed time is calculated by taking mean for the 1.2, 1.17, 1.16, 1.22, 1.24 and 1.15 which gives 1.198.
Normal time is calculated by multiplying observed timing, 1.198 and performance rating, 1.1 which yields 1.317 minutes.
Allowance factor is calculated by adding 1 with the allowance factor 0.15 to give 1.15.
Standard time for element 1 is calculated by multiplying normal time of 1.317 minutes with allowance factor of 1.15 which gives 1.52 minutes.
Same process applies for element 2 and 3 which yields the standard times as 1.10 and 0.68. The standard time for operation is obtained by adding 1.52, 1.10 and 1.68 minutes which gives 3.29 minutes.
Hence, the standard time for the operation is 3.29 minutes.
b)
To determine: The number of observations for element 2.
Introduction: The amount of the dependency on human effort by an organization in terms of achieving its goals is given by the work design. It is directly linked to the productivity of an organization where good work design helps in achieving high productivity.
b)
Answer to Problem 10P
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
Element | Performance rating | Observations (minutes per cycles) | Allowance | |||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||
1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.17 | 1.16 | 1.22 | 1.24 | 1.15 | 0.15 |
2 | 1.15 | 0.83 | 0.87 | 0.78 | 0.82 | 0.85 | 0 | 0.15 |
3 | 1.05 | 0.58 | 0.53 | 0.52 | 0.59 | 0.6 | 0.54 | 0.15 |
Confidence= 95.5%
1% of true value
Formula:
Calculation of number of observations for element A:
In the above formula the sample standard deviation is calculated by,
Calculation of standard deviation:
Element 2 | Differences | Square of differences | Standard deviation |
0.83 | 0 | 0 | 0.0339 |
0.87 | 0.04 | 0.0016 | |
0.78 | -0.05 | 0.0025 | |
0.82 | -0.01 | 0.0001 | |
0.85 | 0.02 | 0.0004 | |
Mean=0.83 | SSQ=0.0046 |
Excel worksheet:
Z value for confidence interval of 95.5% is 2.00.
The confidence interval
- Using z = 2.00:
The number of observations from the standard z table for confidence level of 95.5% is calculated by dividing the product of 2.00 and 0.0339 with product of 0.01 and 0.83 and squaring the resultant which gives 66.7272.
- Using z = 2.01:
The number of observations from the standard z table for confidence level of 95.5% is calculated by dividing the product of 2.01 and 0.0339 with product of 0.01 and 0.83 and squaring the resultant which gives 67.3962.
Hence, the number of observation is 68.
c)
To determine: The number of observations needed to estimate the mean time for element 2 within 0.01 minute of its true value.
Introduction: The amount of the dependency on human effort by an organization in terms of achieving its goals is given by the work design. It is directly linked to the productivity of an organization where good work design helps in achieving high productivity.
c)
Answer to Problem 10P
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
Element | Performance rating | Observations (minutes per cycles) | Allowance | |||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||
1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.17 | 1.16 | 1.22 | 1.24 | 1.15 | 0.15 |
2 | 1.15 | 0.83 | 0.87 | 0.78 | 0.82 | 0.85 | 0 | 0.15 |
3 | 1.05 | 0.58 | 0.53 | 0.52 | 0.59 | 0.6 | 0.54 | 0.15 |
Confidence= 95.5%
0.10 minute of actual value.
Formula:
Calculation of number of observations for element C:
In the above formula the sample standard deviation is calculated by,
Z value for confidence interval of 95.5% is 2.00.
The confidence interval
- Using z = 2.00:
The number of observations from the standard z table for confidence level of 95.5 is calculated by dividing the product of 2.00 and 0.0339 with 0.01 and squaring the resultant which gives 45.9684.
- Using z = 2.00:
The number of observations from the standard z table for confidence level of 95.5 is calculated by dividing the product of 2.01 and 0.0339 with 0.01 and squaring the resultant which gives 46.4292.
Hence, the number of observations needed to estimate the mean time for element 2 within 0.01 minute of its true value is 46.
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