Is MODAPTS a recognized system?
MODAPTS has been accepted around the world as a valid and useful predetermined time system since 1966. It is widely used in the USSR, Japan, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, and the United States. This worldwide usage is a tribute to its simplicity, logic, effectiveness, low cost, and diversity of application. MODAPTS was tested by the accounting firm Price Waterhouse in several industrial situations to compare it with existing predetermined time systems, including stopwatch time study. The results of this two year, $475,000 study indicate: • Accuracy is comparable to other systems such as MTM, MSD, and Work Factor, • Up to 20 standards a day can be calculated, • The average supervisor can learn MODAPTS and how to calculate standards, and • The average employee can understand MODAPTS. Research was conducted at the Israel Institute of Technology on the speed of application of different work measurement systems. Results indicate that MODAPTS is approximately twice as fast as MTM-1
