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What is MTM?
MTM is an abbreviation for Methods Time Measurement. Methods time means that the time required to execute a particular task depends on the method selected for the activity.
Simply said:
"The method determines the time!"
Today, MTM is much more. MTM is an instrument for describing, structuring, designing and planning work systems using defined process building blocks, resulting in a standard for high-capacity production systems.
It can be used everywhere performance-oriented human work has to be planned, organized and executed. MTM applications, therefore, can be found in production, logistics and maintenance as well as in administration or in the service sector.
Today, MTM is the most common method of predetermined times in the world, thus forming a uniform planning and performance standard for every type of company.
MTM- RIGHT FROM THE START
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Our success in maintaining interest in PMTS sees us go from strength to strength
The UK MTM Association has seen an acceleration in the number of persons wishing to develop their expertise in the use of PMTS and the techniques that the MTM family has developed and promoted for many years.
2011 saw the Association introduce 40 people and their employers to PMTS and already in 2012 we have trained another 20 with a further 15 persons scheduled to be trained during March and April. There is also nationwide interest in the whole aspect of PMTS and the Association is currently training eight new MTM Instructors.
The Association will be conducting open courses in UAS-1 and MTM-2 later in the year and this will most probably take place in the West Midlands with participation over a series of week-ends. The cost will be between £350 - £450 dependent upon numbers with UAS-1 occupying five days and MTM-2 eight.
If you are interested please contact us for further details.
MTM INSTRUCTORS COURSE
The MTM Association is proposing to run an instructors course.
It will involve passing MTM 1, MTM 2 & UAS. The successful candidates will them be required to pass the instructors exam.
Anyone just requiring a practitioner’s certificate in any one of the above systems can attend the courses as a standalone qualification.
MTM 1 is the first step in the process and it is proposed to run it under the following criteria:
| When | Starting early February 2012. |
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| Where | Midland’s, probably at Tamworth (Rainbow Day Nursery), but if a large number may need a larger venue. |
| How | 3 to 4 weekends over 3 months. Plus commitment to put additional time in during that period. |
| Cost | £150 Associations fee, and dependent upon number of delegates: (Already 3 to 4 interested)
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MTM 2 and UAS are both 5 day courses and will follow on from MTM 1, and again dependent upon numbers it may be able to run as a part time or a full week’s course. The cost will be lower than MTM 1 due to the duration, but we will have a better idea nearer the time.
Anyone interested then please contact us.
Your MTM Association Needs You
The UK MTM Association is seeking to recruit replacements for the current three directors. Advancing years lead us to believe that if the use of PMTS and MTM in particular is to continue in the 21st century, a new group is needed to continue the story.
This is not an arduous task but it requires a commitment of usually three days per year to attend board meetings, for which we pay some expenses, and a little additional work at other time. One director is a member of the IMD, International MTM Directorate, and is required to attend meetings world-wide, at no cost to themselves.
The greatest load falls on the person elected Company Secretary and Finance Director, or Treasurer, but even this is not too much.
Further, we need more instructors to continue our training activities at weekends, to suit all persons, please contact us for more details
Believe it or not, training in UAS and other MTM techniques still continues within the UK, there being some 40 persons becoming practitioners this year, having participated in several of our courses. Futher details of the Association can be obtained via this web site.