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motion study

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motion study
n
(Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) short for time and motion study
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Noun1.motion study - an analysis of a specific job in an effort to find the most efficient method in terms of time and effortmotion study - an analysis of a specific job in an effort to find the most efficient method in terms of time and effort
examination, scrutiny - the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)


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In addition, the Assembly government should carry out a time and motion study throughout every department of the council, from the top to the bottom, as this would pinpoint any likelihood of wastage and overstaffing.
The row erupted at the company's main Brown's Lane factory in Coventry when assembly workers objected to a time and motion study being carried out.
The study identified 36 minutes of waste--waiting, delivering, searching--during a 10-hour shift The time and motion study identified three main targets for improving the efficiency of nursing care: documentation, medication administration, and care coordination.
 
 
 
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