job change information (process engineer/tamps and methods)

[Gaetano_89]

Good Sunday to all,
I have received a proposal for work as a process engineer (analyst times and methods) and I am evaluating it, being the first time I have a similar role I hoped someone could give me some more indication: what does this figure do? is a technical role (otherwise I would be bored to death)?. I'm currently working as a designer in a company that builds machines, but I realize that I'm not learning much and everything I'm being challenged comes from my poor "practice" with the world of workshop/production (which I have repeatedly reported but on one side comes in and on the other comes out..). talking to the staff of the company's human resources that made me the proposal, presented me this role as the one who tries to break down the costs on the processes ensuring the quality of the desired products (also makes statistical calculations if I understood correctly). the discourse that would lead me to change is that, from a rational point of view, to realize cyclograms or anyway decide how and where to realize a given component you must understand how it is realized, so maybe that "practice" I would be able to acquire (at least indirectly)... but I would not want it to be a "burocratic" role or however one that deals with the only documentary part and does of the simple algorithms on excel, without having much contact with the workshop... Thank you very much for your availability.

 

[meccanicamg]

then, time and methods, usually it is a graduate who understands nothing technical that is in the department to do for months sampling with chronometer of the individual stages. then put everything in excel and force him to look for the activities that make it waste time compared to others. then when he found analytically the honest activity makes him find a solution. then it is implemented, resamping times and verification.
for me who likes to design, get my hands dirty and do new things is a job I would never do. rather I do the mechanical editor.
of technician has practically nothing.... you must invent the assembly islands arranged in a certain way, the bags with the ready screws, the automatic warehouses, the electric transpallet instead of the hydraulic one, the bar code.... .

 

[PIETRO2002]

bhe if the "methodist" in addition to time, knows of mechanical processing, equipment, of innovative processes. . .
As you understand, it can be of great help to improve efficiency in a company. if it also applies lean and tps theories (toyota product system) adds that something extra!
I certainly think it is a very exciting and interesting work, as long as it takes place in companies structured with a "mentality" open to cultural change at productive level, but perhaps our fabric of small and medium-sized companies is not yet ready for this step change!

 

[meccanicamg]

In fact, in our toyota companies there is only the car with the steering wheel. These theories do not attack in our fabric, even because they do not find feedback in the chaotic, flexible, disorganized company, which makes miracles, which makes it tailored.
you can not plan design and manufacture because there are a thousand interactions and additions of works over the production capacity....you have time to collect data, fix goals, make meetings, discuss what is wrong and improve.....tsé