Ah yes, management led time studies. The bane of my career as an industrial engineer. Sure I could lie and tell you it thinks it’ll take as long as you feel it could or what the original MOST says, but then we’d both be wrong and the workers are still either running over or skipping shit and have more turnover than a washing machine. Or we could talk to the worker, track how long it actually takes a regular worker at a reasonable pace, see if anything is impeding their ability to do what needs done, then tell the budget people the actual price to do the task.
Ah yes, management led time studies. The bane of my career as an industrial engineer. Sure I could lie and tell you it thinks it’ll take as long as you feel it could or what the original MOST says, but then we’d both be wrong and the workers are still either running over or skipping shit and have more turnover than a washing machine. Or we could talk to the worker, track how long it actually takes a regular worker at a reasonable pace, see if anything is impeding their ability to do what needs done, then tell the budget people the actual price to do the task.
No, management does not like me.