ufficio tempi e metodi

English translation: time and motion

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Italian term or phrase:	ufficio tempi e metodi
English translation:	time and motion
Entered by:	Ivana UK

21:49 Jul 3, 2008

Italian to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)

Italian term or phrase: ufficio tempi e metodi

I'm not keen on a literal translation for this one so am hoping someone knows what this office/dept. is usually called in UK / US English.

Here's a definition:

Il classico ufficio "Tempi e Metodi" svolge da sempre, come attività primaria, la precisa determinazione dei tempi di lavorazione di ogni fase produttiva.
Spesso tale attività viene ancora effettuata, cronometro alla mano, per ogni articolo lanciato in produzione.

Ivana UK KudoZ activity Questions: 944 (4 open) (67 closed without grading) Answers: 2303 United Kingdom
Local time: 21:11

time and motion

Explanation:
Seems to fit your description.

Selected response from:

Susanna Garcia
Local time: 21:11

Grading comment

Great - thanks very much to you and everyone else who answered/agreed.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +3

time and motion

Susanna Garcia

3 +1

MTM Methods Time Measurements Office/Dept

texjax DDS PhD

productivity monitoring

Juliette Scott

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

time and motion

Explanation:
Seems to fit your description.

Susanna Garcia
Local time: 21:11
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12

Grading comment

Great - thanks very much to you and everyone else who answered/agreed.

48 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

MTM Methods Time Measurements Office/Dept

Explanation:
Potrebbe essere questo..take a look at the refs and google a little bit that KW..

Ciao

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q="methods ...

http://my.liuc.it/MatSup/2007/Y74000/Tempi e metodi.pdf
(pag 44)

http://www.theinnovationhub.com/profiles.cfm (il terzultimo)

texjax DDS PhD
Local time: 16:11
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in category: 32

12 hrs confidence:

productivity monitoring

Explanation:
I like Time and Motion, but there are two reasons why an alternative might suit - firstly it has a fairly negative image, and secondly I'm not sure that outside the UK it's well-known, certainly by a non-native audience. Maybe this could work ?

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Note added at 12 hrs (2008-07-04 10:14:40 GMT)
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http://www.measureproductivity.com/the-importance-of-product...

Just one example... there are lots of Ghits.

Juliette Scott
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:11
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English

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