Time Study

You can enter the recommended duration for an operator to complete an instruction step under the Time Study functionality. This functionality allows you to standardize the time needed to complete a certain work instruction step.

After you’ve set up a time study on a work instruction step, you can check the actual time spent by an operator on that particular instruction step by seeing it on a work instruction recording. That way, you can see whether that operator complies with your recommended duration for that instruction step – or they spent too little/too much time.

This is a simple yet crucial feature. If an operator spends too little time on a particular instruction step, it might compromise the quality of their work. While if an operator spends too much time on a certain instruction step, it might delay your production process. That’s why it’s important to check the pace of every work instruction step using the Time Study feature.

Note: This feature only works on the Quality Management module, the Audits & Digital Checklists module, and the Skill Matrix & Trainings module. You can reach us out through the sales@azumuta.com email address to learn more about it.

How to Set up a Time Study on a Work Instruction Step

Here’s how to set up a time study on a work instruction step:

1. Navigate to the work instruction step where you would like to have a time study.
2. Click Open.
3. Click Time Study.
4. Insert the estimated time (in seconds).

Alternatively, you can also add/edit the Time Study by adding/editing a number on the column under the clock icon, as shown below:

How to Access a Work Instruction Recording and See the Time Spent by an Operator on a Particular Instruction Step

If the Work Instruction Was Made on the Quality Management Module

If the work instruction was made on the quality management module, then you can check the recording on a product order. Here’s how to do it:

1. Click Quality Management on the homepage sidebar.
2. Click Product orders.
3. Click the product order that contains the recording that you would like to see.
4. Click Report next to the work instruction that contains the targeted instruction step.
5. The recommended duration that you inputted can be seen under the Estimated column, while the actual time spent by an operator can be seen under the Duration column.

If the Work Instruction Was Made on the Audits & Digital Checklist Module

If the work instruction was made on the Audits & Digital Checklist module, then you can check the recording on an audit event. Here’s how to do it:

1. Click Audits & Digital Checklists on the homepage sidebar.
2. Click Planning.
3. Select the planning tab that contains the recording that you would like to see.
4. Click the audit event that contains the recording that you would like to see.
5. Click Report.
6. The recommended duration that you inputted can be seen under the Estimated column, while the actual time spent by an operator can be seen under the Duration column.

If the Work Instruction Was Made on the Skill Matrix & Trainings Module

If the work instruction was made on the Skill Matrix & Trainings module, then you can check the recording on a training event. Here’s how to do it:

1. Click Skill Matrix & Trainings on the homepage sidebar.
2. Click Planning.
3. Select the planning tab that contains the recording that you would like to see.
4. Click the training event that contains the recording that you would like to see.
5. Click Report.
6. The recommended duration that you inputted can be seen under the Estimated column, while the actual time spent by an operator can be seen under the Duration column.

How to Set Up a Timer on an Instruction Step

To ensure consistency throughout your work instructions, you can use our timer feature on each instruction step.

This timer is used to standardize the time that an operator should spend when working on an instruction step. That way, an operator won’t spend too much or too little time when working on an instruction step.

In order to use this feature on an instruction step, you must:

1. Activate the timer feature on the device where it will be used
2. Fill in the time study on the targeted instruction step

The sections below cover both actions:

How to Activate the Timer on a Device

1. Click Devices under Management.
2. Next to the device that you would like to add a time into, click the ⋮ (three-dot) icon.
3. Click Edit device.
4. Click the Work Instructions tab.
5. Tick on Show timer on instruction steps.
6. Optional: If you want the operator’s screen on this device to automatically proceed to the next instruction step when the timer runs out, then tick on Automatically move to the next step when the timer runs out as well.
7. When you’re done, click Save.

How to Set Up the Time Study on an Instruction Step

After you’ve activated the time study feature on the targeted device, the next thing that you need to do is set up the timer on an instruction step using the time study feature. Here’s how to do it:

1. Navigate to the instruction step where you would like to set up a timer on.
2. Click Open.
3. Click Time Study.
4. Insert the time that will be displayed in the timer (in seconds).

Alternatively, you can also add/edit the Time Study by adding/editing a number on the column under the clock icon, as shown below:

How the Timer Appears on an Instruction Step

This is how the timer appears in an instruction step: