ABSTRACT
A good example of this is with the common measure of productivity, which is the number of items cleared per person over a set time period, be it hourly, daily, or weekly.
To derive a target for productivity many businesses go to a great effort in timing individual job elements. With this approach comes the need to collate a representative sample of timings. Normally, somewhere between 20 to 30 cycle times are collected for each work item. Weighted averages, relaxation allowances also are normally factored into the equation along with a skills rating.
