Memo motion

Memo -motion or time-lapse studies is a method of work studying for longer continuous workflows by means of a corresponding camera. The process was developed in 1946 by Marvin E. Mundel at Purdue University. At first was simply the need to save footage for a study for the Life magazine about the preparation of various dishes in a kitchen, the motive for this approach. Once begun, Mundel developed it systematically

Mundel published 1947, the method along with the rest of the repertoire of Scientific Management in his textbook Systematic motion and time study. A more systematic study on the possibilities of memo -motion showed in the following situations advantages over other common methods for time studies:

• Repetitive individual work,
• Field studies, ie studies on a job or machine area,
• Studies to work in groups,
• Verteilzeitaufnahmen and
• Work design.

Being a very versatile method of work studying the memo motion study in the U.S. gained some importance. Even in England, and certainly on the continent of Europe and other industrialized countries, the reception, however, was subdued. Apparently first A big problem at all to get suitable cameras, then there was resistance against filming in general. Nowadays, the memo -motion could make a comeback, because on the one hand, more and more jobs are being created, for which offers the method and on the other hand, most modern cameras are suitable for them.

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