time-and-motion study

noun

1. 时间与动作研究（为估计生产或工作效率）
   a study to find out how efficient a company's working methods are

1. The economics of a hit are as precisely tabulated as a McKinsey time-and-motion study.
   一次海盗袭击的经济学数据，就好比麦肯锚的一项动作和时间研究，有条有理。
2. Yet the moment you perform a time-and-motion study on yourself, you see how much of your working day is almost pointless and can be cut painlessly.
   然而，一旦你对自己进行一下工效研究，就会发现一个工作日中有多少时间几乎是毫无意义的，可以轻松砍掉。
3. The Doing Business methodology is a kind of time-and-motion study of the process of establishing a hypothetical business with some quite specific characteristics.
   衡量商业规则项目采用一种时间与动作研究方法，虚拟一家有着某些相当具体的特点的企业，并研究创建该企业的过程。

noun

1. an analysis of a specific job in an effort to find the most efficient method in terms of time and effort

   Synonym:    time and motion studytime-motion studymotion studytime studywork study