Memo-Motion

Memo-Motion or Spaced Shot Photography is a tool of time and motion study on long operations by using a camera. It was developed 1946 by Marvin E. Mundel at Purdue University first just to save film material while planned studies on kitchen work.

Mundel published the method 1947 with several studies in his textbook Systematic Motion and time study.^[1] A study showed the following advantages of Memo-Motion in regard to other forms of time and motion study^[2]:"

1. Single Operator Repetition Work ...
2. Aerea Studies, the study of a group of men or machines.
3. Team Studies.
4. Utilisation Studies.
5. Work Measurement."

As a very versatile tool of work study it was used in the US to some extend, but rarely in Europe and other industrial countries mainly because problems to receive the required cameras. Today Memo-Motion could have a come back because of the more and more workplaces have conditions which can be explored with Memo-Motion, an lot of modern cameres are useful for that kind of study.

References

1. ^ Mundel, Marvin Everett: Systematic Motion and time study : improving productivity. Englewood Cliffs, N. J.: Prentice Hall, 1946. The book became a standard und was published by David Danner (ed.) as Motion and time study : improving productivity. in 7th ed. 1994 with ISBN 0135883695.
2. ^ Norbury, Clifford J.: The Application of Memo-Motion to Industrial Operations. Cranfield : College of Aeronautics, 1954.