Work study in a wood furniture manufacturing company

This paper aims to present the problems encountered in a wood manufacturing company, located in Selangor by implementing a work/method study and time measurement. Direct time study was applied for the time measurement. Finishing section consists of sanding process, shellac and drying w...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Md. Sirat, Rozlina, Mohd. Taib, Mohd. Firdaus, Ngadiman, Nor Hasrul Akhmal, Ma'Aram, Azanizawati, Abdul Kadir, Aini Zuhra, Hassim, Muhamad Hanafi
Format: Article
Published: Jurnal Mekanikal 2018
Subjects:
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/82360/
https://jurnalmekanikal.utm.my
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
id my.utm.82360
record_format eprints
spelling my.utm.823602019-11-28T01:04:09Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/82360/ Work study in a wood furniture manufacturing company Md. Sirat, Rozlina Mohd. Taib, Mohd. Firdaus Ngadiman, Nor Hasrul Akhmal Ma'Aram, Azanizawati Abdul Kadir, Aini Zuhra Hassim, Muhamad Hanafi TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery This paper aims to present the problems encountered in a wood manufacturing company, located in Selangor by implementing a work/method study and time measurement. Direct time study was applied for the time measurement. Finishing section consists of sanding process, shellac and drying was chosen for the case study. Pareto chart was used to identify the critical process in the company, namely the sanding process. Standard time for the existing sanding activities was 22.94 minutes. After improvement has been made, the time taken was 16.86 minutes, and hence a 26% reduction in time was achieved. This improvement was done dy designing the more effective tool and workstation. SolidWork simulation software was used to assist in the design. By eliminating some activities through appropriate designed tool and workstation that in turn reduce the time of movement and space saving, the productivity in the company was subsequently demonstrated to have increased. Jurnal Mekanikal 2018 Article PeerReviewed Md. Sirat, Rozlina and Mohd. Taib, Mohd. Firdaus and Ngadiman, Nor Hasrul Akhmal and Ma'Aram, Azanizawati and Abdul Kadir, Aini Zuhra and Hassim, Muhamad Hanafi (2018) Work study in a wood furniture manufacturing company. Jurnal Mekanikal, 41 . pp. 1-7. ISSN 2289-3873 https://jurnalmekanikal.utm.my
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
building UTM Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
content_source UTM Institutional Repository
url_provider http://eprints.utm.my/
topic TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
spellingShingle TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Md. Sirat, Rozlina
Mohd. Taib, Mohd. Firdaus
Ngadiman, Nor Hasrul Akhmal
Ma'Aram, Azanizawati
Abdul Kadir, Aini Zuhra
Hassim, Muhamad Hanafi
Work study in a wood furniture manufacturing company
description This paper aims to present the problems encountered in a wood manufacturing company, located in Selangor by implementing a work/method study and time measurement. Direct time study was applied for the time measurement. Finishing section consists of sanding process, shellac and drying was chosen for the case study. Pareto chart was used to identify the critical process in the company, namely the sanding process. Standard time for the existing sanding activities was 22.94 minutes. After improvement has been made, the time taken was 16.86 minutes, and hence a 26% reduction in time was achieved. This improvement was done dy designing the more effective tool and workstation. SolidWork simulation software was used to assist in the design. By eliminating some activities through appropriate designed tool and workstation that in turn reduce the time of movement and space saving, the productivity in the company was subsequently demonstrated to have increased.
format Article
author Md. Sirat, Rozlina
Mohd. Taib, Mohd. Firdaus
Ngadiman, Nor Hasrul Akhmal
Ma'Aram, Azanizawati
Abdul Kadir, Aini Zuhra
Hassim, Muhamad Hanafi
author_facet Md. Sirat, Rozlina
Mohd. Taib, Mohd. Firdaus
Ngadiman, Nor Hasrul Akhmal
Ma'Aram, Azanizawati
Abdul Kadir, Aini Zuhra
Hassim, Muhamad Hanafi
author_sort Md. Sirat, Rozlina
title Work study in a wood furniture manufacturing company
title_short Work study in a wood furniture manufacturing company
title_full Work study in a wood furniture manufacturing company
title_fullStr Work study in a wood furniture manufacturing company
title_full_unstemmed Work study in a wood furniture manufacturing company
title_sort work study in a wood furniture manufacturing company
publisher Jurnal Mekanikal
publishDate 2018
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/82360/
https://jurnalmekanikal.utm.my
_version_ 1654960029247209472