You may know the definition of Efficiency. You may know how to calculate the efficiency of a production line or an individual sewing operator. But do you know -
Workers performance and production line performance is measured in efficiency. Efficiency is calculated using the formula that we have discussed in an earlier post with an example.
If an operator does not get work, that is not her fault. In such cases, if you measure her performance considering all the attended hours, that will reflect a wrong performance. For this reason, on-standard efficiency is measured where only on-standard work hours are considered for calculating efficiency.
Measuring on-standard efficiency is good for operator skill analysis but when it comes for production at the end of the day, or line efficiency, and incentive calculation for the line and individual operator, overall efficiency is used for eligibility level.
(A) Total hours worked on the standard work
(B) Standard minutes produced while working on standard work
(C) Total hours worked on off-standard work
(D) Standard minutes produced while working on the off-standard work
(E) Total lost time in hours
(F) During lost-time, practically, no garment will be produced, so no produced minute for lost time hours.
The standard produced minute is calculated as operation SAM x Number of pieces stitched.
On-standard Efficiency (%) = (Total on-standard minute produced *100)/(Total on-standard hours worked * 60) = (B*100)/60*A)
Off-standard Efficiency (%)= (Total off-standard minute produced *100)/(Total off-standard hours worked * 60) = (D*100)/60*C)
Overall Efficiency (%) = (B+D)*100/(60*(A+C+E))
If there is no lost time and no off-standard work hours employee's on-standard efficiency and overall efficiency will be the same.
If there is lost time, overall efficiency will be less than the on-standard efficiency.
Watch this video for overall efficiency calculation method.
Total shift hours (8 hours) is broken down as follows
(A) Total hours worked on standard work = 7 hours (total shift hours – lost time)
(B) Standard minutes produced while working on standard work = 300*1 minute = 5 hours
(C) Total hours worked on off-standard work = no off-standard work performed
(D) Standard minutes produced while working on the off-standard work = No off-standard minute production
(E) Total lost time in hours = 1 hour
On-standard Efficiency = (5*100/7) =71.43%
Overall Efficiency = (5*100)/(7+1) = (500/8)%=62.5%
The challenges in measuring on-standard efficiency are not having the right tool for capturing lost time data. With a print format, you can capture lost-time data but that would be limited, not the true lost-time hours.
- What is On-standard efficiency and overall efficiency?
- How to calculate on-standard efficiency and overall efficiency?
- What are the differences between these two efficiency terms?
Workers performance and production line performance is measured in efficiency. Efficiency is calculated using the formula that we have discussed in an earlier post with an example.
Efficiency Calculation formula
Efficiency (%) = (Total minutes produced / Total minutes attended at work)*100
When the On-Standard Efficiency and Overall Efficiency are measured
In a normal workday, operators spend their total attended time following categories- doing standard work
- doing off-standard work (doing a task which is not familiar to the operator / other than a regular job)
- doing nothing (lost-time like power failure, machine breakdown, no feeding/no work)
If an operator does not get work, that is not her fault. In such cases, if you measure her performance considering all the attended hours, that will reflect a wrong performance. For this reason, on-standard efficiency is measured where only on-standard work hours are considered for calculating efficiency.
Measuring on-standard efficiency is good for operator skill analysis but when it comes for production at the end of the day, or line efficiency, and incentive calculation for the line and individual operator, overall efficiency is used for eligibility level.
How to calculate on-standard efficiency, off-standard efficiency and overall Efficiency
To measure on-standard efficiency, off-standard efficiency and overall Efficiency we need to collect the following data(A) Total hours worked on the standard work
(B) Standard minutes produced while working on standard work
(C) Total hours worked on off-standard work
(D) Standard minutes produced while working on the off-standard work
(E) Total lost time in hours
(F) During lost-time, practically, no garment will be produced, so no produced minute for lost time hours.
The standard produced minute is calculated as operation SAM x Number of pieces stitched.
On-standard Efficiency (%) = (Total on-standard minute produced *100)/(Total on-standard hours worked * 60) = (B*100)/60*A)
Off-standard Efficiency (%)= (Total off-standard minute produced *100)/(Total off-standard hours worked * 60) = (D*100)/60*C)
Overall Efficiency (%) = (B+D)*100/(60*(A+C+E))
If there is no lost time and no off-standard work hours employee's on-standard efficiency and overall efficiency will be the same.
If there is lost time, overall efficiency will be less than the on-standard efficiency.
Watch this video for overall efficiency calculation method.
Efficiency Calculation (An example)
An employee produced 300 units of SAM 1 minutes in 8 hours. Out of 8 working hours, 1 hour is measured as lost time due to machine breakdown and no feeding od cuttings. Calculate on-standard efficiency and overall efficiency of this employee.Total shift hours (8 hours) is broken down as follows
(A) Total hours worked on standard work = 7 hours (total shift hours – lost time)
(B) Standard minutes produced while working on standard work = 300*1 minute = 5 hours
(C) Total hours worked on off-standard work = no off-standard work performed
(D) Standard minutes produced while working on the off-standard work = No off-standard minute production
(E) Total lost time in hours = 1 hour
On-standard Efficiency = (5*100/7) =71.43%
Overall Efficiency = (5*100)/(7+1) = (500/8)%=62.5%
Conclusion:
You see efficiency loss in the line efficiency. Some of the reasons for efficiency loss in a plant are unmeasured lost-time, off-standard work done by sewing operators. When on-standard efficiency is measured, you can get an accurate operator performance (efficiency data). For preparing the operator skill matrix factory should consider their on-standard efficiency instead of considering overall efficiency.The challenges in measuring on-standard efficiency are not having the right tool for capturing lost time data. With a print format, you can capture lost-time data but that would be limited, not the true lost-time hours.