MAN MACHINE CHART OR MULTIPLE ACTIVITY CHART
DEFINITION: Where a number of workers work in a group or an individual operator handles two
Or more machines, their activities have to be co-ordinated for achieving proper results. A multiple
activity Chart records simultaneously the activities of all the workers and machines on a common time
scale and thus shows inter-relations between them.
PURPOSE:
To detect idle times being enforced on machines and workers,
To optimise work distribution between workers and machines,
To decide number of workers in a group,
To balance the work teams,
To examine the interdependency of activities, and
Ulitmately to develop an improved method of accomplishing a task and to have an effective
labour cost control.
CONSTRUCTION:
A separate vertical bar or column is there to represent each subject (which may be a machine or
an operator)
A common time scale is provided for all the subjects.
Activities of each subject in relation to those of the others are marked in the respective columns.
Previously conducted time studies provide the time values for each activity
A brief description of each activity is marked on the chart.
Working and idle times are marked differently on the chart.
ANALYSIS: After constructing the chart, it is tried to,
rearrange the work cycle to minimize men or machine idle times,
simplify the operations,
combine or eliminate some of the elements etc.
APPLICATIONS: A multiple activity chart finds applications in
(i) plant repair and maintenance,
(ii) construction jobs, and
(iii) planning team work.
MAN - MACHINE CHART
JOB : ONE OPERATOR OPERATING TWO Activity M/C 1 M/C 2 Symbol
MACHINES Loading 1 mins 1 mins
Machinin 8 mins 5 mins
OPERATOR : g
CHARTED BY : Unloading 1 mins 1 mins
DATE :
Time in Operator’s activities Operator Machine 1 Machine 2
mins
1 Loading m/c 1 working
2 Loading m/c 2
3 Idle idle
4
5
6
7
8 Unloading m/c 2 working
9 Loading m/c 2
10 Unloading m/c 2
11 Loading m/c 1
12 Idle idle
13
FIGURE SHOWS A MAN MACHINE CHART
