Noun
an analysis of a specific job in an effort to find the most efficient method in terms of time and effort
Source: WordNetMotion Study is a means to permanent and practical waste elimination, - hence a prerequisite to efficient preparedness that shall be adequate, constructive and cumulative. Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Sr.
Graham 1998, p. 234. In the School of Industrial Engineering, she helped establish a time and motion study laboratory, and transferred motion study techniques to the home economics department under the banner of "work simplification". Source: Internet
Lancaster 2004, p. 140. They later discussed teaching the "Gilbreth system" of motion study to members of industry, but it was not until after her husband's death that she created a formal motion study course. Source: Internet
Selected works * The Psychology of Management: the Function of the Mind in Determining, Teaching and Installing Methods of Least Waste (1914) * Applied motion study; a collection of papers on the efficient method to industrial preparedness. Source: Internet