Good Engineer

Work Force Management    

Work measurement is the careful analysis of a task, its size, the equipments, the method used in its performance, and its efficiency. A good work measurement system has many benefits. It helps to reduce labour costs, increase productivity, and improve supervision, planning, scheduling, performance appraisal, and decision making.

In many situations, not enough care is taken in establishing correct requirements up front. This causes problems when ambiguities in requirements surface later. Therefore, it is necessary that requirements are established in a systematic way to ensure their accuracy and completeness. The difficulty in establishing good requirements often makes it more of an art than a science. 

Materials management is a process for planning, executing and controlling the activities in construction. The materials management system attempts to insure that the right quality and quantity of materials are appropriately selected, purchased, delivered and handled on site in a timely manner and at a reasonable cost. 

Time Study consists of recording times and rates of work for elements of a specified job carried out under specified conditions to obtain the time necessary to carry out a job at a defined level of performance.

Using a systematic methodology to approach projects is a key to successful execution. Often planning or monitoring is put into the background in the rush to move ahead with execution or reporting results. Both are fatal mistakes. If the necessary time is taken to plan out all aspects of the project, it saves much time and many resources.

Aiyan Thiruvalluvar says

கருவியும் காலமும் செய்கையும் செய்யும்

அருவினையும் மாண்டது அமைச்சு. (631)

साधन, काल, उपाय औ’, कार्यसिद्धि दुस्साध्य ।
इनका श्रेष्ठ विधान जो, करता वही अमात्य ॥ (६३१)

Explanation by Scholars

The Engineer (minister) is one who can make an excellent choice of means, time, manner of execution, and the difficult undertaking (itself).

உரியகருவி, உற்றகாலம், ஆற்றும்வகை, ஆற்றிடும்பணி ஆகியவற்றை ஆய்ந்தறிந்த செயல்படுபவனே சிறந்த (பொறியாளர்) அமைச்சன்.