Productivity improvement in SME industry by using time study and work measurement analysis

Baharudin, Norshamira Aizat (2022) Productivity improvement in SME industry by using time study and work measurement analysis. Project Report. Melaka, Malaysia, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Increased productivity is an important aspect for a growing manufacturing industry.The industrial sectors compete with each other to grow and thrive in an emerging market. Time study and work measurement methods are known as leading tools and are widely used to increase productivity. This paper presents a study aimed at improving productivity and efficiency of flow processes that may be due to bottlenecks and the existence of idle time in the manufacturing industry by overcoming them using Time Study and Work Measurement analysis. To make this project a success, a case study was conducted at a soap manufacturing company located in Batu Berendam, Melaka. The company makes a wide variety of soap bars and distributes them to shops and hotels. Direct observation and video recording methods were used to identify the soap bars making process. The current production line consists of eight major process steps to produce the soap bars. Each main process step was divided into the desired job elements. The root cause identified in this study is unbalanced production time, as well as no standard time established for the main processes in the production line. The observation has been carried out on the eight main process steps by taking into account the cycle time and motion of each job performed by the worker. The standard time of eight process steps has been generated by considering the allowances and performance rating. Another goal of this study is to suggest alternative solutions to improve the production line and reduce the cycle time. In order to reduce the cycle time there are four possible solutions has been proposed which is utiljzation of 5s strategy, making Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), implement total preventive maintenance (TPM) and new working strategy. This proposed solution able to make the production line organised, the work procedure become simpler to be performed and balanced the labour motion to handle the specific task.

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