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Work done haphazardly creates confusion and chaos and causes delays. As there are number of activities to be done in the home, jobs such as cooking, making children ready for school, packing lunch boxes, making up beds, each activity should be followed up in a sequence. When there are many activities to be done in a shorter time one must also think of combining of tasks. For example while the food is getting cooked in pressure cooker one can finish giving bath to children or serving breakfast, or making beds.
Individual activities can he improved by using sequencing of sub-tasks of the job.
Sequence of steps:
In moving from one work center to another many times, we take a lot of unnecessary steps. The direction of our route shows many back and forth trips. One of the aims of work simplification is to reduce the total distance that a worker walks and also avoidance of criss crossing. If the worker thinks of all the parts of an activity and the order of the sequence that one must follow, one can order the flow of work in a linear path-i.e. from right to left.
Finding the best order of work or the easier method of doing a task and putting it into practice saves both steps and motions. For example, in cleaning the house, continuation of each process of sweeping, dusting, and mopping floor throughout the house and each floor helps to save time used in handling of tools, and also rhythm of work helps faster flow of work.
The steps in a process can be reduced by eliminating unnecessary steps, and combining or change of sequence of work. For example after cleaning the dishes, scalding them with hot water and then allowing to dry by themselves saves wiping motions.
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