BEDEAUX SYSTEM TO CALCULATE INCENTIVE PAY DATA – SUMMARY

Document data: May 24th, 2022

1. The “ACTIVITY” concept

In the Bedeaux System it is defined the ACTIVITY as a work efficiency measurement of one
operator.

Definition:

It is considered the dimensionless value: ACTIVITY = 75 as the value that corresponds to a

"target" work rate.

Corresponds to the "STANDARD RATE" in (pcs/hr) used in Plex.

 Bedeaux method uses a range of 60 to 80 to measure the ACTIVITY (and from this
value the Incentive Pay will be calculated)
 An ACTIVITY value equal to 60 is the minimum efficiency value required for an
operator and is associated with the VPR term measured in min/pc (or hr/pc). (In this
situation the incentive pay obtained will be 0 €)
 An ACTIVITY value equal to 80 is the optimum efficiency value for an operator and is
associated with the Cycle Time term measured in min/pc (or hr/pc). In Plex this value
corresponds to the IDEAL RATE measured in Pcs/h. (In this situation the incentive pay
obtained will be the maximum available)

2. How to calculate the ACTIVITY with the Bedeaux Method

The ACTIVITY value is calculated by the following formula:

We call this term as: “Activity A”

ℎ𝑟
𝐶𝑖𝑐𝑙𝑒 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒 (𝑝𝑐 ) × 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑒𝑑 (𝑝𝑐)
𝐴𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦 =
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒 (ℎ𝑟) 𝑥 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑝𝑠. 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒
ℎ𝑟
𝑉𝑃𝑅 𝑝𝑐 × 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑒𝑑 (𝑝𝑐) 1
+ ×
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒 (ℎ𝑟) 𝑥 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑝𝑠. 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 4

We call this term as: “Activity B”

Important considerations about ACTIVITY values:

As indicated, the value of the activity must be between 60 and 80.

  The value of Activity A must not exceed the value of 60. If a higher value is obtained by
the formula, it must be truncated to 60
 For the value of Activity B there is no limit value (the normal situation will be to obtain
a value between 0 and 20)

3. How to calculate the incentive Pay from the ACTIVITY value

The incentive pay in €, is calculated with this formula:

€
𝑰𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 (€) = [𝑨𝑪𝑻𝑰𝑽𝑰𝑻𝒀 − 𝟔𝟎] × 𝑷𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒂
𝒉
× 𝑶𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒆 (𝒉𝒓)

The factor “Punto de Prima (€/h)” is a value defined by management and revised periodically;
it has to be modified manually in the PLEX Incentive Report when it changes.

As we can see in the formula it is only paid some money if the ACTIVITY is higher tan 60, but
we do not pay money for an activity higher than 80, so it is important to adjust, when the
incentive is calculated, the ACTIVITY to a maxim value of 80 if this value calculated by the
formula where higher than 80.

4. Equivalence between ACTIVITY - Performance and OEE

There is not a direct equivalence between the ACTIVITY and the line OEE, because in the
calculation of line OEE they are considered 3 factors:

 Availability
 Performance
 Quality

and in the calculation of ACTIVITY it is only considered the performance of one operator.

It could be calculated the performance of one operator from his ACTIVITY be means the
following formula:

𝑨𝑪𝑻𝑰𝑽𝑰𝑻𝒀
𝑶𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒔 𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 = × 𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝟖𝟎