A TWO DAYS PROGRAM

FOR GARMENT FACTORIES

“ Time study is a work measurement technique for recording the times and rates of
working for elements of a specified job carried out under specified conditions, and for
analyzing the data so as to obtain the time necessary for carrying out the job at a level of
performance”

• To introduce the concepts and techniques of time measurement

• To understand the important of accurate Standard Time
• To learn speed rating for sewing operator performance analysis
• To practice rating sewing operator performance
• Learn to correct for rating bias
• To learn the correct way of taking Time Study
• To introduce the skills and knowledge of finding the most effective and efficient way of doing a job

o Production Managers, Supervisors, Work Study Officers, Productivity Improvement Personnel and
anyone who wish to understand work study.
o Managers who wish to understand Time Study rating and the concept of Standard Performance.
o Supervisors (middle & junior management) who would need a basic understanding on Standard
Performance and it relation to Time Study and Standard Time.
o Experienced Time Study personnel who wish to maintain accuracy and consistency in rate determination.

DAY 1 DAY 2

1. Time Study 3. Time Study Exercises

• Elements of Standard Minutes • Practical Time Study Exercises
• What is Standard Performance
• Types of Allowances 4. Principles of Motion Economy
• How your company benefits from its uses • 3 Basic Principles of Motion Economy
• Making a Time Study • Classification of Movements
• Methods and Procedures • Method Improvements based on Principles of
Motion Economy
• Breaking the Job into Elements
2. Performance Rating For Time Study
• Human Output Factors Affecting Rating
• PRACTICE 1: Rating Walking Speed
• PRACTICE 2: Rating Hand Movement Pace
• Reviewing Rating
• PRACTICE 3: Rating Sewing Operators
Performances
• Performance Rating Analysis
Ismail Bin Abu Hasim - Human Resources Development Manager, MATAC
Qualification:
Higher Diploma In Fashion & Clothing Technology, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
BA in Art & Design (Fashion), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)

Experience:
En. Ismail has conducted in-house programs for many garment manufacturers including,
Canteran Apparel Sdn Bhd, Classita (M) Sdn Bhd, Eadeco Sdn Bhd, Esquel (M) Sdn
Bhd, Honsin Apparel Sdn Bhd, Imperial Garments Sdn Bhd, KUB Tekstil Sdn Bhd,
Koperasi Serbaguna Sanya Berhad, Plas Industries Sdn Bhd, RSH Manufacturing (M)
Sdn Bhd, Sing Lun Garment (M) Sdn Bhd and Whitex Garments Sdn Bhd. He also has
conducted public training programs for the Garments Industry.
He has ten years of working experience in an established leading garment factory in
Penang; of which the last six years were in the Industrial Engineering field especially in
Re-engineering Cutting Room and Workplace, work study, work measurement, payment
scheme for piece rate work based on Standard Minutes as well as special projects such
as the implementation of new machinery or methods. Before that, he worked in the
outerwear sewing production and finishing.
En. Ismail has worked under Mr. William R. Wing of William R. Wing Consultant, of
United Kingdom in Reengineering the Cutting Room and the Implementation of Gerber’s
Cutting Technology.
He is an active member in the Technical Committee (TC) in Technical Textile and
Working Group (WG) on Size Designation for Clothing of the SIRIM’s Industrial Standard
Committee (ISC Q) for the Textile and Apparel Industry. He also sits in the Jabatan
Pembangunan Kemahiran (JPK) Advisor Committee on Skill Development (JPPK) for the
Textile and Apparel Industry as the Deputy President as well as active involvement in
drafting the National Occupational Skill Standard (NOSS) documents for the industry.

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