Work Measurement For Process Improvement In The Car Seat Polyurethane Injection Manufacturing Line

A case study research was conducted at a local car seat polyurethane (p/u) injection manufacturing company by extensively exploiting the work study methods and techniques during the on-site studies. Two fundamental approached in work study namely method study and work measurement offer a systematic and organized steps in the research studies. The work measurement has been widely used as a method for measuring actual working time via its several techniques i.e time study. This paper discusses on the application of the work measurement technique in establishing a benchmark time for producing the car seat p/u injection line of the case study subject. Appropriate formats used for data organization are presented. © 2012 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of the Centre of Humanoid Robots and Bio-Sensor (HuRoBs), Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA.