Maynard Operation sequence Technique (MOST) is a predermined motion time system that isb used primarily in imdusrtial settings to set the standard time in which a worker should perform a task.

• To calculate this a task is broken down into individual motion elements and each is assigned a numerical time value in units known as time measurements units or TMUs, where 100,000 TMUs is equivalent ti 1 hour.
• All the motion elements times are then added together and any allowances are added, and the result is the standard time. It is much easier to use form of the older and now less commom methods time measurement technique ,better kmown as MTM.
• Most predetermined motion time systems viz. MTM and MOST are uses time measurement units(TMU) instead of seconds for measuring time.
• One TMU is defined to b 0.00001 hours,or 0.036 seconds.These smaller unit allow for more accurate calculation without the use of decimals.In the most in depth PMT system motion observed will be on the level of individual TMUs,like toss (3TMUs in miniMOST) and simple pickup (2TMUs in MTM-1).
• More general systems simplify things by grouping individual elements, and thus have larger time values- for example, a bend and rise (61 TMUs in MTM-2) and one or two steps(30TMUs in basicMOST).
• System with even less details work with TMU values in the hundreds, like climbing 10 rungs on a ladder (300TMUs in maxiMOST) or passing through a door (100 TMUs in maxiMOST).
• Longer operations often take place on large spatial scale, and tend to be less repetitive, so these issues are often treated as one.