Keeping employees healthy and on the job for the long term. Dr. Steffen Rast, head of the ergonomics department at Deutsche MTM-Gesellschaft mbH, addressed this requirement for today’s work planning in a keynote speech at the meeting of the “Time and Work Management” working group of AWF (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Wirtschaftliche Fertigung). His conclusion: “The ergo traffic light must be set to green.”
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MTM China, subsidiary of the German MTM-Gesellschaft mbH and partner in the One-MTM network, hosted the MTM China Forum for Industrial Engineering on July 6, 2023. Olaf Damitz, product planner at Volkswagen in Wolfsburg, and Dr. Thomas Finsterbusch, head of the MTM Academy, presented the key performance indicator eHPU as a new industry standard for design evaluation to industrial engineers, time managers and work planners from numerous companies based in China.
The general meeting of the MTM ASSOCIATION e. V. will elect a new board this year. Members with Premium status were able to submit proposals for their representation on the MTM Board by May 31 of this year. The following potential candidates for the 2023 board election were reported to the MTM board in due time:
However, the software solution is still compatible with existing SAP ECC 6 systems. The TiCon for SAP software solution is certified annually. This ensures that the current version of the software meets SAP’s strict quality standards and compatibility requirements.
The international partner network One-MTM is committed to the uniform dissemination of the MTM methodology standard and provides member companies of the MTM ASSOCIATION e. V. and customers worldwide with certified MTM training courses in the form of e-learning, webinars or classroom courses.
The Mexican MTM Association, partner of the MTM ASSOCIATION e. V. and member of the global network One-MTM, will host the International Forum Productivity & Ergonomics for the Future (PE4F) as a free online event on August 29 and 30, 2023.
On Wednesday, June 07th, 2023, the members of the Hamburg district association of the VDI working group Value Analysis/ Value Management met to exchange experience at the Hamburg location of the MTM ASSOCIATION e. V. The topic of the joint event was increasing efficiency with MTM – process optimization and capacity planning.
The training platform of the MTM ASSOCIATION e. V. is a complete success. In the past twelve months alone, more than 2,000 new users have registered. New registrations. Around 2,300 users a month find out about training opportunities via e-learning, webinars and classroom courses. The website has now received a quality update with a revised design and additional functionalities.
Middle of April, the first of four annually planned updates of the cloud-based software solution TiCon for Web went live.
The web application is develoepped by our Digital Solutions Team and now comes up with a number of new features.
Anyone who has recently taken part in training on the MTM-UAS® process module system has already been able to benefit from the integration of the new cloud-based software solution TiCon for Web into the training. As of April 15, the motto for further training courses will be: TiCon for Web inside! This applies to MTM-LOG® (logistics), MTM-VI (visual inspection) and MTM-MEK®.