Areas of Application
Work/time management
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The TMU CALCULATOR® (MTM Software / MTM App) finds application in
- individual production
- series production
- and mass production
whose areas are already valuated and should be continuously improved, or should be valuated from scratch with standardized time modules from pre-determined time systems* such as Methods-Time Measurement (MTM).
*Pre-determined time systems are manual work processes that can be affected by employees, which must be divided up into motion elements and have reproducible standard time values assigned to them.
Examples of pre-defined motion elements can include the following operations:
Grabbing, gripping, bringing, placing, letting go, operating, movement cycles, body movements and visual inspections as well as combined core operations like screwing, tightening/loosening, unpacking, cleaning, gluing, marking, assembling standard parts, inspecting or measuring, transporting.
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TMU CALCULATOR® in production planning
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The TMU CALCULATOR® in combination with MTM finds application in production planning for
- preparation
- conception
- design/redesigng
- assessment
- evaluation
of key areas of focus
- Work methods
- Work systems
- Work process descriptions
- Work organization
- Line balancing
- Setting up material flow
- Ergonomics
- Production times
- Production resources and tools
- LEAN production
- Assembly concepts
- Ease of assembly
- Planning production processes
- Planning production facilities
- Process optimization
- Reproducibility of work processes
- Training/instruction documents
- Tool/device optimization
- Profitability calculation of process optimizations and suggestions for improvement
- Time studies
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TMU CALCULATOR® in development/design
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The TMU CALCULATOR® in combination with MTM finds application in the development/design process for
- Preparation
- Concept
- Design/redesign
- Assessment
- Evaluation
of key areas of focus
- Pre-calculation
- Production design/optimization
- Ease of assembly
- Process capability
- Product optimization
- Tool/device re-design
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TMU CALCULATOR® in data concepts
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The TMU CALCULATOR® is a valuable tool for supporting a variety of data concepts such as
- Holistic production systems
- Maintenance/production optimization
- CIP (Continuous Improvement Process)
- VSD (Value Stream Design)
- COE (Change-Over Efficiency)
- TPM (Total Productive Maintenance)
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TMU CALCULATOR® for user training in MTM
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The TMU CALCULATOR® is a valuable tool for training employees in the use of pre-determined time systems. The device provides a high degree of transparency through its comprehensible selection steps, stored definitions, message notifications and sets of rules. These can be viewed at any time, even during mobile device application.