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Time and Motion to Measure Milking Parlor Performance¹

Department of Animal Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721

A. J. Quick

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Reading, England RG1 6DT

ABSTRACT

We describe the procedure for collecting data on time and motion to establish time for work routine in milking parlors. Data included entry and feeding of cows, preparing cows (wash, dry and foremilk), attaching milking machine, detaching milking machine, dipping and spraying of teats, exiting cows, and miscellaneous. Miscellaneous included waiting for cows to finish milking, adjusting milking machine, reattaching milking machine, washing milking machine between groups, washing floor between groups, and time out of parlor.

Case studies are of time and motion for analysis of milking parlor performance for such as effects of parlor type and design, mechanization, equipment malfunction, milk production, and milking procedure.

¹ Arizona Agricultural Experiment Station Journal Article Number 3786.

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