Automated Real-Time Performance Feedback and Time Study using Computer Vision Technology
Von Petersdorff, Hagen Alexander · 2011
The author has recognized the potential benefits for automation of the time-study process, and has seen the opportunity to improve current industrial practices by providing constant performance feedback to workers in a manual labour environment, and by partially automating the time-study process. A system, which will be detailed in this document, will be implemented in order to address these opportunities. Currently, a time-study requires that a supervisor observes one worker for a given time period, and manually times and notates this person’s performance in order to assess what standard time can be used for the task. There are several problems with this method, such as: The cost of employing the operator, subjective input of the operator, the worker’s tendency to behave differently when being observed, and the time-period for which a worker is observed may not be long enough and cannot be extended due to cost. Thus, in order to improve the time-study process, the above points need to be addressed.