After successful completion of the course, students are able to...

• understand and be able to explain the basic concepts and terminology of MTM.
• describe the historical development and background of MTM
• explain the various industrial applications of MTM
• discuss the advantages and disadvantages of MTM compared to other time measurement methods (REFA and MOST).
• apply MTM methods to analyze and improve work processes
• identify inefficiencies derived from this and point out optimization potentials
• uncover the causes of inefficiencies and bottlenecks
• develop implementation strategies for MTM in existing production systems
• design improvement plans based on MTM analyses
• evaluate implementation strategies and improvement plans

• Basics and definitions of MTM, history and development of method time measurement
• Introduction to the basic concepts and terminology of MTM, overview of various MTM systems
• Detailed presentation of MTM analysis procedures, explanation of the individual process modules and their application
• Presentation of practical examples and case studies from various industries, analysis and discussion
• Group work: analysis of a case study with MTM methods, presentation and discussion of the analysis results
• Overview of alternative time measurement methods (e.g. REFA, MOST), comparison of the methods
• Carrying out a comparative analysis of a process with MTM and an alternative method, discussion of the methods
• Strategies for implementing MTM in existing production systems, challenges and success factors
• Analysis and optimization of a given work process, documentation of the optimization proposals and presentation of the results
• Carrying out an evaluation of the MTM implementation in a case study, developing proposals for continuous improvement based on the evaluation results

• Frontal lecture and presentation, discussion of practical case studies, introduction to selected software systems for designing human work, group work and presentation of results
• Selected methods of industrial engineering are taught in the form of a group dynamic simulation.

Successful completion of the MTM course

Basic knowledge in production, logistics, quality, process and project management