Transcript The One Best Way Frank and Lillian Gilbreth

The One Best Way
Frank and Lillian Gilbreth
Troy D. Bethards
Who Influenced the Gilbreths?
 Fredrick
Taylor
 E.J. Marey
 Adam Smith
 Charles Babbage
What Influenced the Gilbreths?
 Electric
availability
 Advancements in manufacturing
technology
Manufacturing Technology
Changed the following:
 Managements presence
 Pay issues
 Working conditions
 Labor problems
Gilbreths’ Contributions to
Management Theory
 Drifting
process
 Motion
study
“Analyzing an activity into its smallest
possible elements, and from the results
synthesizing a method of performing the
activity that shall be more efficient.”
--Frank Gilbreth
Gilbreths’ Study of Motion
 Doctors
 Disabled
persons
 Baseball players
 Golfers
 Brick layers
 Homemakers
Gilbreths’ Main Goals in
Working with Companies
 Increase
efficiency by removing
unnecessary movements
 Reduce fatigue for employees
Gilbreths’ Contributions to
Management
 Employer
and employee must
cooperate in the work process for
benefits to occur.
Positions Employees Occupy
in the Organization
job he had – the teacher
 The job he has – the teacher & learner
 The job he will have – the learner
 The
Gilbreths’ Contributions to
Management Theory
 Frank
and Lillian integrated science into
management by:
 Proper
planning
 Gathering
 Arranging
 Systematizing information
Gilbreths’ Methods of Data
Collection
 Pictures
 Motion
pictures
 Cyclographs
 Chronocyclographs
Gilbeths’ Methods of
Analyzing Data
 Therbligs
 System
developed to analyze the basic
movements of the body.
 Simo
chart (Simultaneous motion chart)
Therblig Groupings
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Effective classifications
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Physical basic divisions
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Reach
Move
Grasp
Release
Preposition
Therblig Groupings
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Effective classifications
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Objective Basic Divisions
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Use
Assemble
Disassemble
Therblig Groupings
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Ineffective classifications
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Mental or semimental basic divisions
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Search
Select
Position
Inspect
Plan
Therblig Groupings
 Ineffective
classifications
 Delay
Unavoidable delay
 Avoidable delay
 Rest to overcome fatigue
 Hold
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Gilbreths’ Contribution to
Management Theory
 Items
to determine the “one best way”
 Motion
study
 Fatigue study
 Skill study
 Time study
Gilbreths’ Contributions to
Management Theory
study – The best way of acquiring
or transferring a skill.
 Skill
Gilbreths’ Contributions to
Management Theory
 Three
steps to improving the teaching
process
 Determine
the most effective way to do the
work
 In the shortest time possible, convey the
best way to do a task
 Use a presentation method that will be
remembered the longest
Criticisms of Gilbreths’ Work
 Skill
is required for some therblig
movements
 Too many variables to establish one
best way
 Therbligs do not fully explain the
movement
Criticisms of Gilbreths’ Work
 Not
necessarily good to standardize
everything
 Consider human element in work
 Motion study can be frustrating