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Are Time-and-Motion Studies Dead?

Companies may use time-and-motion studies as a conventional tool to assess workflows and identify possible improvements. However, what is more important is to ask: Is it practical, reliable, and cost-efficient? Time-and-motion studies heavily rely on manual observation, making them susceptible to human errors, which in turn could misreport workflow metrics.

What You Will Learn

This report reveals why time-and-motion studies are no longer productive to map and improve process workflows, and what we can do about it.

  • Why have organizations used time-and-motion studies?

  • How does the manual aspect of time-and-motion studies become a huge drawback to mapping workflows?

  • What are the big problems of time-and-motion studies?

  • Are there any alternative solutions that overcome the limitations of time-and-motion studies to map workflows?