MTM-UAS (Universal Analysis System) is the world's most widely used MTM process building block system for describing, evaluating and designing human work. Issue 16 of the MTM series of publications on industrial engineering contains the MTM ASSOCIATION e. V.'s doctrinal opinion on MTM-UAS. This publication promotes the uniform…

Why digitize human work – and how? Herwig Weidle, Division Director of Software Development at Deutsche MTM-Gesellschaft Industrie- und Wirtschaftsberatung mbH, gets to the bottom of this question in his latest post on the Siemens Blog.

Ergonomics in work design was the focus of the latest exchange of experiences of the MTM/IE China regional group. This time, the meeting took place at the factory of item in Kunshan, Suzhou. Participants came from Rieter (China) Textile Instruments Co. Ltd, Voith Turbo Power Transmission (Shanghai) Co, Ltd, FAW JIEFANG Automotive…

The introduction of modern time management is (still) not an issue for many medium-sized companies. Determining reliable, work-related time data is complicated, tedious and expensive, they say. According to studies, 70 to 80 % of medium-sized companies in the manufacturing sector plan with times from past years and decades, often…

MTM experts and those who want to become one have been waiting for this: The MTM-UAS (Universal Analyzing System) training course is now also available as an e-learning course, initially in German. The e-learning team of the MTM ASSOCIATION e. V. made the first impact with MTM-1 Base. MTM-UAS is now the second training course that…

For many years, Austrian-born Heinrich Gehart worked for the MTM ASSOCIATION e. V. (then German MTM Association e. V.). From 1992 to 1999, he managed the business of the Deutsche MTM-Gesellschaft mbH. He presided over the Austrian MTM Association, founded in 2000, as president until 2020. During this time, he contributed…

Expanding and developing the online offering is currently at the top of the agenda for MTM Academy and MTM Institute. The two teams, which first launched MTM-1 Base as an e-learning course and have since completely converted the MTM and EAWS practitioner training and the MTM and EAWS instructor qualification to the webinar format,…

Since Monday, the international ergonomics community has been coming together – virtually due to the pandemic – at the 24th edition of the Applied Ergonomics Conference (AEC), one of the largest ergonomics conferences in the world. Experts from the fields of ergonomics, healthcare, safety, human resources and risk management will…

How can an assembly line be timed so that output is as high as possible and worker stress and cycle balancing are as low as possible? To answer this question, the work planner uses methods of time determination. These include time recording (according to REFA) and time determination with MTM (Methods-Time Measurement). Prof. Dr.…

"Companies and Employees Shape the Digital Transformation" - "SME 4.0" for short – is the name of the project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, which was successfully completed after four years. Under the leadership of the Machine Tool Laboratory (WZL) of RWTH Aachen University in cooperation with MTM…