PRODUCTION STANDARDS. The Company may establish minimum production standards applicable to Representative.
PRODUCTION STANDARDS. 9:01 It is the right of the Company to establish and enforce production standards. A standard time study system will be utilized for this purpose. Production standards shall include allowances as follows; Personal and Delay -- will not be less than 7.3% Fatigue -- will vary, depending on the job. Total Allowance -- consisting of Personal, Delay and Fatigue will not be less than 10.5%.
a) Such production standards shall be fair and equitable and shall be set on the basis of normal working conditions, the quality of workmanship and the normal working capabilities of normal, experienced operators, who is someone who holds the job posting.
b) Production standards shall be set and maintained by the Company through the use of experienced methods analyst(s).
c) Jobs may be restudied when there is a change in materials, tools, machinery, equipment, methods, design, or where a clerical error has been found. Only the affected elements shall be changed and only to the degree of change shown by a restudy.
d) The Union shall have the right to process grievances on disputed production standards through the grievance procedure. In processing grievances on production standards, the Union shall be allowed to bring in a Time Study Expert from the National Union. The Company shall make information available to him and the Union shall have the right to request a restudy if the job appears improperly studied. If a Union Time Study Expert is utilized under this section, the cost of such service shall be borne by the Union. Refer to Article 9.06 of this Appendix for specific procedures on grievances over production standards.
9:02 The Company will establish production standards according to the procedure set forth in Section 9:03 of this Article. The Company will make available to the Union upon request complete data showing the basis upon which a particular standard was determined. Production standards, when established, will be given a fair trial period. A minimum fair trial period will be two(2) days or two
PRODUCTION STANDARDS. 24.01 When a dispute arises between the Company and the Union as to the production performance of an employee, the Union shall have the right to bring into the plant a representative qualified to deal with any technical aspects of the dispute and every effort shall be made by the parties to resolve the problem. All expenses in connection with the Union Representative shall be borne by the Union. Any dispute which cannot be resolved by the parties involved will be referred to a qualified Industrial Engineer agreed upon by the Company and Union. The decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding on both parties and his expense shall be borne equally.
24.02 All disciplinary action concerning production standards shall be taken within two
PRODUCTION STANDARDS. 1. It is the responsibility of the Company to establish production standards that:
a) Are fair and equitable.
b) Are based on the working capabilities of a normal worker.
c) Give due consideration to the quality of the workmanship required.
d) Give due consideration to fatigue, personal time, and delays.
e) Give a complete description of the methods and conditions under which the standard was established.
PRODUCTION STANDARDS. 30.01 Notwithstanding the rights exclusively reserved to the company under the provisions of article 3, the following special provisions shall be applicable to the operations of the company at Oakville only.
(a) When time studies are made they shall be made on the basis of fairness and equity and shall recognize the required quality of workmanship, the efficiency of operations and the reasonable working capacity of normal experienced operators, with due consideration to fatigue.
(b) When a study is to be made for the purpose of establishing a production standard the employee on such job shall be notified at the time the study is to be made. When a study is made for purposes other than establishing a production standard, the purpose of the study will be made known to a union representative if he/she requests it.
(i) Work assignments on conveyor lines will be made in accordance with line speeds and available work space and the expected normal ratio of model mix. When it is necessary to adjust the normal scheduled mix on conveyor lines which results in more or less work being required, compensating adjustments in work assignment, manpower, spacing of units, line speed or any combination thereof will be made. Arrangements will be made locally to establish procedures which will provide advance knowledge of mix changes that require compensating adjustments
(ii) When there is no established production standard, an employee who is following the prescribed method and using the tools provided in the proper manner and performing at a normal pace, will not be disciplined for failure to obtain an expected amount of production.
(iii) Circumstances affecting the time of performance of a particular job that were not taken into account in establishing a production standard are known as non-standard conditions. When established non-standard conditions exist which adversely affect the operation and are brought to the attention of management, an employee who is following the prescribed method and using the tools provided in the proper manner and performing at a normal pace will not be required to obtain the expected amount of production.
(iv) No employee will be disciplined for failure to meet an established production standard unless he/she has been advised at least (four) 4 days in advance as to what such established production standard is.
(d) Model mix shall be taken into account in establishing and/or changing production standards on car and body assembly line operations...
PRODUCTION STANDARDS. 27.01 When the Company establishes work standards, it will do so on the basis of fairness and equity consistent with quality of workmanship, and the reasonable working capacities of a normal experienced employee working at a normal pace to produce quality work in a manner that the Company prescribes.
PRODUCTION STANDARDS. The Parties agree that the Production Standards shall be all of the standards and requirements set forth in the current (as of the time of delivery of Ethanol under this agreement) ASTM standard specifications for denatured fuel ethanol for blending with gasolines for use as automotive spark ignition engine fuel.
PRODUCTION STANDARDS. 40:01 The right of the Company to establish and to maintain standards of production is fully recognized. The Company shall establish reasonable production standards on a basis of fairness and equity, consistent with quality workmanship, efficiency of operations, and the reasonable working capacity of normal operators. The Company will give proper consideration to the conditions under which standards of production are established and a change of quality, methods, equipment, tooling or material, which results in a substantial change of the job content and/or rate of production will be reason for the Company to change standards of production. Such changes shall be confined to the elements of work or methods which have been changed. The Engineering Department shall establish production standards, basing them on part experience on the same or similar jobs or operations, or by time and motion studies. The Union may question and process a grievance on production standards, following the regular procedure. The Union, in the case of a dispute, shall have the right to bring in representative from the Unifor Engineering Department. An Arbitrator dealing with a production standards grievance shall be a qualified Production Professional Engineer. The Union Plant Committee shall be informed, in writing, the reason for, methods used and all particulars of any change made in production standards at the time such change becomes effective.
PRODUCTION STANDARDS. The Employer may establish, implement, and/or continue systems of production requirements. The Union shall be notified of such newly established systems of production requirements and the date of implementation. If the newly established and implemented production requirements are deemed to be unreasonable by the Union, that issue may be submitted to the grievance and arbitration provisions of this Agreement within seven (7) days of the date of implementation. Further, in the event an employee is suspended, discharged or issued a written warning notice for failure to meet such production requirements, the discharge, suspension or warning notice may also be submitted to the grievance and arbitration provisions of this Agreement and a determination made if the production requirements, as they pertain to the discharge, suspension, or warning notice, were unreasonable.
PRODUCTION STANDARDS. The Company has the right to establish production standards by using a combination of continuous and snap back stop watch time studies, standard data developed from times and or standard data compiled from previous studies. Fair and equitable production standards will be maintained with due consideration given to those allowances indicated in the letter of intent in schedule All Industrial Engineers conducting time studies will be trained in the above mentioned time study methods.
