Abstract
The pressures of global competition and shorter product lifecycles, along with a growing number of product variations, necessitate companies to continually decrease their development times. Therefore, the most effective use of development time must be guaranteed. To enhance time management, it is necessary to recognize and minimize wastage in the development process. "Timekeeper" gadgets allow developers to decentrally measure interruptions in the development process and then automatically display them using a data processing system. Gadgets and data processing system complying with data protection regulations have produced a mobile and widely applicable time measurement system. Disruption times can be recorded e.g. as part of SixSigma activities. This enables prompt response to acute events and the monitoring of the success of implemented measures based on figures, data and facts. The timekeeping system allows numerous employees to record their time individually and concurrently, enabling its use over an extensive duration without external consultants. Unlike selective time recording, which is only useful in serial production, this system can also aid administrative areas that regularly handle activities with varying durations, such as the design of both small and large assemblies. This publication outlines the development, application and evaluation of the Timekeeping system.
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