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Measured daywork
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Scott, Dave Modulator Computer Systems, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Last reviewed:January 2020
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1036/1097-8542.411500
A tool used primarily in manufacturing facilities as a control device to measure productive output in relation to labor input within a specific time period. The measurement of the work content is accomplished through the use of time standards (which are usually the result of a stopwatch time study), predetermined time standards (methods-time measurement, the work-factor system), or some other form of work-measurement technique designed to measure tasks of labor under normal and average conditions.
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