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Allowances in time study can be defined as the extra time figures which are to be added to the basic time of an operation to account for personnel desires, delays, fatigue of operators, any special situation and the policies of the firm or organization. Standard time of a job is obtained by adding various allowances to the basic or normal time of the job. The document discusses the different types of allowances in time study and provides examples of conducting time studies and calculating standard time.

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Week 12 - Long Question

Allowances in time study can be defined as the extra time figures which are to be added to the basic time of an operation to account for personnel desires, delays, fatigue of operators, any special situation and the policies of the firm or organization. Standard time of a job is obtained by adding various allowances to the basic or normal time of the job. The document discusses the different types of allowances in time study and provides examples of conducting time studies and calculating standard time.

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1. What do you mean by allowance in time study. Explain the different types of allowances.

Allowances in time study can be defined as the extra time figures which are to be added to the
basic time of an operation to account for personnel desires, delays, fatigue of operators, any
special situation and the policies of the firm or organization. Standard time of a job is obtained
by adding various allowances to the basic or normal time of the job.
Types of allowances in time study:
1) Process allowances: Process allowances to compensate for enforced idleness due to no work
power failure, faulty material or tools and equipment.
2) Personal allowances: It comprises personal needs and fatigue. Fatigue allowance contains, in
turn, a constant portion and a variable portion.
3) Interference allowances: When a worker is attending more than one machine
4) Contingency allowances: These allowances are to meet legitimate but irregular or infrequent
items of work or delays.
5) Special allowances: Special allowances decided as a policy matter, covering activities that are
essential for satisfactory performance of work but may not be part of the job, like start up, shut
down, change over, cleaning, set up, tool changing etc.

2. A company conducted a time study for shaft making job by using lathe machine. Around 100
observations were made during time study and data for the same are shown in below Table. The
performance rating of the worker is 95 percent. Find the standard time for the shaft making job
by assuming an allowance percentage of 12 percent.

Frequency 27 24 20 16 13

Cycle time
18 17 19 20 16
(Mins.)

3. Consider any of your personal job. Conduct time study by observing 20 observations through
stopwatch. Find the standard time with the assumptions of your performance rating as 90% and
allowance factor as 10%.
A job has been sub-divided into five elements. The time for each element and respective rating are given
below : 1 Element Number I Observed Time I Rating Factor '10 I Calculate the normal time and standard
time for each element and for the job if the alIowance is 15%. Solution For Element 1 Normal Time =
Observed time x Rating Factor 80 = 0.7 x - = 0.56 min. 100 Standard Time = 0.56 Allowance factor = 0.56
x ---- (,orl,) 100 =0.56xgp = 0,621

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