Time and motion study

A time and motion study (or time-motion study) is a business efficiency technique pioneered by Frank and Lillian Gilbreth, known through the biographical film Cheaper by the Dozen.

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Business - Efficiency - Frank - Lillian Gilbreth - Cheaper by the Dozen

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A time and motion study would be used to reduce the number of motions in performing a task in order to increase productivity. The best known experiment involved bricklaying. Through carefully scrutinising a bricklayer's job, Frank Gilberth reduced the number of motions in laying a brick from 18 to about 5. Hence the bricklayer both increased productivity and decreased fatigue.

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Productivity - Experiment - Bricklaying

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The Gilbreths developed what they called therbligs (an anagram of "Gilbreth"), a classification scheme comprising 17 basic hand motions.

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