Time standards - the real power 

To establish a time standard the conditions should be a ‘qualified’ worker operating at a defined level of performance to a prescribed method in specified working conditions, under capable supervision.

This enables us to say “if these conditions are met, we should do it in that amount of time”. When you have a consistent measure it allows you to compare a whole range of activities.

Time standards are at the heart of many businesses. They are used to determine staffing levels, cost and budgets. That’s the real power of time standards. See this article from the Management Services journal. 

You also need accurate time standards for

• capacity planning
• identifying bottlenecks
• line or process balancing
• creating flow
• benchmarking
• staffing levels and scheduling
• team, department or cell balancing
• estimating
• equipment or process capacity
• evaluating changes in method
• cost reductions
• justifications for investment
• new product introductions
• monitoring training needs and progress
• performance calculations
• incentive and bonus schemes
• product costing

- all the fundamental issues that impact on the viability and responsiveness of most businesses.

Time standards allow you to assess work content to compare the viability of different mixes of work and their impact on performance, capacity and profitability.

Time standard specialists
At Scott-Grant we are specialists in structuring time standards, using established, appropriate and robust methodologies and techniques - whatever the business sector. This helps improve performance, processes and productivity.

This very specialist expertise can make a huge difference to the approach, accuracy and cost of generating meaningful time standards and therefore to the improvement of the productivity and performance of every business.

We can provide people to establish time standards for your business. Ask us for details.