Production efficiency when it takes more than one person to do the operation

Epicor ERP 10
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I’m sure this must have been discussed previously but I’m having a hard time coming up with any good threads.

When takes 2 people to do the operation (i.e. it is physically impossible for one person to do the operation in twice the time, two people must operate the machine together at the same time), what is the right way to set up the operation to calculate the efficiency properly?

If we use a crew size of two, and then have each person enter half the total job quantity, our quantities come out correct, but our efficiency comes out around 50%.

If we use a crew size of two and have each person enter the total quantity, the job quantity is (incorrectly) doubled but the efficiency is correct (around 100%).

Obviously crew size is not the answer, I understand that, but, what is the answer to have both the quantity and labor reported correctly in this scenario?

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We use Burden hours to calculate efficiency, since doing it by crew size does not work for reasons mentioned in your email.

Vinay Kamboj

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Interesting, we have labor hours = burden hours so that wouldn’t work with the current setup, how do you setup your burden hours?

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I think when you have multiple person on an operation it should be setup as split burden. That is what we do. So for two persons the burden hours will be half for each person. Two people make 10 unit in 5 hours. The labor quantity will be 5 each, labour hours 5 hrs each and burden will be 2.5 hours for each person.

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