Time Study Consulting

We show organizations how their employees can gain an extra hour per day to spend on their top priority activities.

We do this by first understanding how time and activities are allocated. Traditional methods of gathering time information are awkward, unfriendly and inaccurate.

Pace Productivity’s innovative time study projects create a win-win situation for the organization and its employees. Employees track their own time using the easy-to-use electronic TimeCorder device.

 This electronic device allows the user to easily track time by pushing buttons associated with pre-coded activities. Each time a new button is pressed, time stops recording on the previous activity and begins recording on a new one, like a chess clock in reverse. After two weeks of tracking, we analyze the results and compare them to our extensive database. Employees enthusiastically embrace the TimeCorder because they are in control of their own time tracking, and consultants are absent. They can see their own results throughout the study.  

THE BENEFITS   Recommendations from our time study projects focus on actionable opportunities for productivity enhancement.

TimeCorder Professional Time Tracking System

The TimeCorder

  • Process improvement
  • Best practices benchmarking
  • Analysis of job functions
  • Identification of redundant activities
  • Determination of staffing models
  • Identification of barriers to productivity
  • Improved time management

RESULTS

“Retail banking results show a strong upward trend in selling hours…Among the sales staff selling hours are now 16.4 hours per week versus just 12.6 hours two years ago. Meanwhile the average administration time has gone done down by over 5 hours per week.”
- Retail Bank

 The TimeCorder has two major advantages over our more traditional methods for time study data collection. First, our people perceive using the TimeCorders as their way of participating in a process. They are not intimidated and have established ownership and interest in conducting the studies. Second, we have been able to reduce dramatically the cost of obtaining the data for work measurement. I still can’t get over the favorable reception our people have given your TimeCorders.”
-Luis Pena, Metropolitan Life

 “The staff has commented on the ease of use of the TimeCorder. The exercise pointed out the variations in duties performed daily as well as the numbers of interruptions. This was a fun way to track where our time is spent! Mark, we’re looking forward to receiving your recap of the results from the time study.”