Observe actual cycles and nested interruptions
Use genuine advancing clocks and explicit taps; interruptions remain inside gross cycle time.
For operators
Read these instructions on any device. Watch or practise a chapter on a desktop or laptop, with a desktop or mobile application layout. Demonstrations use sample data and simulated scanners.
Observe actual cycles and nested interruptions
- Start a local timing study
Start a local timing study.
This lesson times your real practice taps with the browser clocks. It never measures a machine or validates a labour standard.
- Capture the exact station code
Capture the exact station code.
000017 is declared context. Scanning a station never starts the clock or operates a machine.
- Describe the observed activity
Describe the observed activity.
The activity is the observer’s description. It does not identify an employee or determine performance.
- Move to the timing controls
Move to the timing controls.
The clock is still stopped. Use explicit taps to mark boundaries while keeping this page visible.
- Start the real practice interval
Start the real practice interval.
The browser’s steady clock begins now. The displayed precision does not remove human reaction delay.
- Record the next cycle boundary
Record the next cycle boundary.
This tap ends the first observed gross cycle and starts the next. The duration comes from the genuine browser clock.
- Name the observed interruption
Name the observed interruption.
Describe the interruption before starting it. It will remain inside this cycle’s gross time.
- Start an interruption within the cycle
Start an interruption within the cycle.
The cycle keeps running. Next and Finish are unavailable until the interruption ends; its time must never be added to or subtracted from gross.
- End the nested interruption
End the nested interruption.
The genuine timer records the interruption inside the unfinished cycle. It does not create another cycle.
- Finish and review both cycles
Finish and review both cycles.
The final tap ends cycle two and opens the actual results. Review the recorded gross times and nested interruption.