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In this section, we look into the history of managerial techniques and the historical circumstances that lead to the introduction of the MTM method at Lebole. In this section, we look into the history of managerial techniques and the historical circumstances that lead to the introduction of the MTM method at Lebole.
## They call it Scientific Management: From Taylor to MTM # They call it Scientific Management: From Taylor to MTM
![](static/images/Battere_le_ciglia_a_comando.png) ![](static/images/Battere_le_ciglia_a_comando.png)
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The word "Taylorism" refers to Taylor's approach to managing industrial plants and it also has a pejorative meaning given that this method appropriates workers' knowledge and skills in order to use these against them. The word "Taylorism" refers to Taylor's approach to managing industrial plants and it also has a pejorative meaning given that this method appropriates workers' knowledge and skills in order to use these against them.
### The Gilbreths ## The Gilbreths
Amongst the new breed of "scientific managers" were a couple of American engineers, Frank Bunker Gilbreth and Lillian Moller Gilbreth, who became influential efficiency experts by pioneering the Motion Study method. The Gilbreths created a research methodology based on the examination of "work movements," which included filming a worker's actions and body position while keeping track of the time. They called the units of work they measured the therbligs (an anagram of their last name), each one a mere one-thousandth of a second. Amongst the new breed of "scientific managers" were a couple of American engineers, Frank Bunker Gilbreth and Lillian Moller Gilbreth, who became influential efficiency experts by pioneering the Motion Study method. The Gilbreths created a research methodology based on the examination of "work movements," which included filming a worker's actions and body position while keeping track of the time. They called the units of work they measured the therbligs (an anagram of their last name), each one a mere one-thousandth of a second.
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!(Nelson, Daniel, ed. A mental revolution: Scientific management since Taylor. Ohio State University Press, 1992, p.18)[] !(Nelson, Daniel, ed. A mental revolution: Scientific management since Taylor. Ohio State University Press, 1992, p.18)[]
### Henry Ford ## Henry Ford
During the late 1910s and 1920s, Henry Ford expanded on Taylor’s concepts using them for the first time in the auto industry and introducing the modern "assembly line”. It is estimated that through the Ford Motor Company, Ford earned an estimated $199 billion in capital, which would make him the ninth richest person in history. Ford incorporated some welfare measures in his management style, apparently keen to lessen the high turnover rate that required several of his departments to hire 300 men each year to fill 100 openings. Thus in 1914 Ford begun paying his workers $5 per day, more than doubling the average pay of the time. In 1926, he also instituted a new 40-hour workweek consisting of five 8-hour days. Real profit-sharing was offered to employees who had worked at the company for six months or more, and who behaved according to Ford’s liking. During the late 1910s and 1920s, Henry Ford expanded on Taylor’s concepts using them for the first time in the auto industry and introducing the modern "assembly line”. It is estimated that through the Ford Motor Company, Ford earned an estimated $199 billion in capital, which would make him the ninth richest person in history. Ford incorporated some welfare measures in his management style, apparently keen to lessen the high turnover rate that required several of his departments to hire 300 men each year to fill 100 openings. Thus in 1914 Ford begun paying his workers $5 per day, more than doubling the average pay of the time. In 1926, he also instituted a new 40-hour workweek consisting of five 8-hour days. Real profit-sharing was offered to employees who had worked at the company for six months or more, and who behaved according to Ford’s liking.
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[Antonio Gramsci, Americanism and Fordism, from Prison Notebooks, p.303] () [Antonio Gramsci, Americanism and Fordism, from Prison Notebooks, p.303] ()
### Methods-Time Measurement (MTM) ## Methods-Time Measurement (MTM)
Methods-Time Measurement (MTM) is a copyrighted technique utilized in industrial production processes study the way each manual operation or job is performed and, based on the analysis, to establish a standard time for workers to finish each task. This system takes into account four variables separately: Methods-Time Measurement (MTM) is a copyrighted technique utilized in industrial production processes study the way each manual operation or job is performed and, based on the analysis, to establish a standard time for workers to finish each task. This system takes into account four variables separately:
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The method was first introduced in the USA in the 1948 by H.B. Maynard, JL Schwab and GJ Stegemerten. Today, MTM exists in several variations (such as MTM-1, MTM-2, MTM-3, MTM-UAS, MTM-MEK and MTM-SAM, for instance, some of which are now obsolete. In the original study, constant speed cameras (at a rate of 16 frames per second) were used to record videos of the skilled employees at the Westinghouse Brake and Signal Corporation's factory floor. The movies were then analyzed and categorized into a preset format of Basic Motions by being displayed frame-by-frame. Reach, Grasp, Move, Position, Release, etc. were some of these Basic Motions. A motion was begun on a frame where the hand first began executing it, and it was ended on a frame when the action was finished. This made it possible to determine the duration of each recorded motion in seconds by using a frame count, which was then "leveled" to a standard performance. The method was first introduced in the USA in the 1948 by H.B. Maynard, JL Schwab and GJ Stegemerten. Today, MTM exists in several variations (such as MTM-1, MTM-2, MTM-3, MTM-UAS, MTM-MEK and MTM-SAM, for instance, some of which are now obsolete. In the original study, constant speed cameras (at a rate of 16 frames per second) were used to record videos of the skilled employees at the Westinghouse Brake and Signal Corporation's factory floor. The movies were then analyzed and categorized into a preset format of Basic Motions by being displayed frame-by-frame. Reach, Grasp, Move, Position, Release, etc. were some of these Basic Motions. A motion was begun on a frame where the hand first began executing it, and it was ended on a frame when the action was finished. This made it possible to determine the duration of each recorded motion in seconds by using a frame count, which was then "leveled" to a standard performance.
## MTM in Italy # MTM in Italy
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