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AUGUST 2007 UPDATE MODAPTS PLUS WORKSHOP : Melbourne, Australia 1st - 3rd October, 2007 2.5 day Fee: AUST$850, includes all meals,materials, manual and certifying letter. Parking plentiful. Bay views from conference room. Details, more info on info@modapts.com "Heyde's MODAPTS" manual: COST BENEFIT STUDIES: See example Case Study - how a Modapts study and some OHS techniques greatly improved a workplace where the workers were pleased to be helped WHAT IS MODAPTS?: "MODAPTS" is a system for measuring work - sometimes called "time & motion" without the use of the stopwatch. Around the world many people are working in safer,better and more effective workplaces because of improvements which have been developed from work analysis with "MODAPTS". See example Case Study. Industrial engineers, health workers, ergonomists, union representatives, managers team leaders and/or workers themselves have been able to work out ways together to make jobs safer & easier to do. "MODAPTS" also helps with functional testing, rehabilitation and placement of disabled or injured workers because of a derivative called Workability and other para medical applications. "MOD++" SOFTWARE FOR WINDOWS
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About MODAPTSFirst conceived by a group led by Chris Heyde in Sydney Australia in 1966, "MODAPTS" quickly found wide use in Australia in many business/government activities. By the early 70's "MODAPTS" was in use in many USA banks (eg: 10 Major Banks in New York City were using Office "MODAPTS" by 1980) and other industries, then training was carried to Russia, Europe and later Japan. In the 80's Northern China, South Africa, and South Korean organisations saw the benefits of "MODAPTS" for ergonomic applications as well as for time standards. Large automotive/automotive suppliers, postal/telephone organisations, insurance companies, banks and distribution warehouses are "MODAPTS" users today. Many use MOD++; "MODAPTS" for Windows (1996), for example; Ford Motor and the UAW International after successs in the USA within approximately 10 plants, are now spreading their skills to Ford plants in Europe. MEANING AND ORIGIN OF "MODAPTS"MODular Arrangement of Predetermined Time Standards In developing the system in 1966 it was discovered that there was a mathematical progression in the movements - e.g. the finger was 3.5 tmu (1 inch) hand 7 (2 in), forearm 10.5 (6 in), full arm 14 (12 in) full arm extended from shoulder 15.5 (18 in). Chris Heyde then said "let us make the smallest number 'One (1)' and call it a Module because of the progression". Then we simplified other available data (Get, Put etc ) as used in other systems, developed the ICONS to produce a system in pictures with only 21 time slots ( for workplace study) against older systems with hundreds of time slots. We had been using and teaching MSD (Crossan and Nance USA) and also helped the Swedes who developed MTM II - almost the same as MSD. In response they sent our group some research data on movement times which was helpful in our work - see web page re 1966 group. Contact details for further information:
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