Wiktionary
n. an analysis of the motions used in an industrial process with an aim to improve efficiency and productivity
WordNet
n. an analysis of a specific job in an effort to find the most efficient method in terms of time and effort [syn: time-and-motion study, time-motion study, motion study, time study, work study]
Wikipedia
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Usage examples of "time and motion study".
If some coldly impartial expert were to make a time and motion study of the Oxford and Cambridge operations, would it not appear to thousands of people to be a highly improper and almost sacrilegious thing?
In the interests of his leg muscles the postman had put in a bit of time and motion study on this building.
I saw the unhappy and tear-stained results of failure and decided to do a market survey as well as a time and motion study before I entered on a career of very petty crime.
Once he was reminded that his old colleagues never bought him a drink anyway because a time and motion study proved that there was no productivity gain, he backed down and took the idea to the board.