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The exact amount of women in industrial engineering is unknown. But the percentage of women with a degree in this area has increased 8% in the last decade according to "el economista". Neverthless, there is information about how many woman have gained a degree in engineering.  855,731 total engineers in Mexico, from which 463,352 are women, and 392,363 are men (RH, capacitación y vacantes, n.d).

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Lillian Gilbreth's first job was as a bricklayer and contracting engineer. However, after marrying Frank Gilbreth in 1904, she completed bachelor's and master's degrees (Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d).

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At the time she was studying, women were not commonly encouraged to pursue careers in engineering or higher education, and there were likely societal and cultural barriers she had to overcome. But there was not a direct oppositor inside her family, on the contrary, she had a lot of support from her husband and children while studying.

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Lillian Gilbreth had 12 children, 11 of whom survived infancy. She had her first child in 1905, while she was pursuing her Master's degree.

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"Lillian Gilbreth." Encyclopedia Britannica. Accessed March 10, 2023. Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lillian-Gilbreth
International society of six sigma professionals (2023). Time and motion Study Pioneers: Frank and Lillian Gilbreth. ISSSP. Retrieved from https://isssp.org/time-and-motion-study-pioneers-frank-and-lillian-gilbreth/
RH, capacitación y vacantes. (s.f). Mexico industry. Retrieved from https://mexicoindustry.com/noticia/en-mexico-hay-mas-de-800000-ingenieros-egresados

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Time and motion studies have been around for well over a hundred years. Based on the foundational work of Frederick Winslow Taylor and Frank and Lillian Gilbreth, they are as relevant today whenever repetitive work is performed by humans.

Set firmly in the discipline of industrial engineering, we'll explore time and motion studies by a brief look at the history from Dave Biesinger, and then follow with presentations from the Beginning Engineers Channel.

First, Dave Biesinger's short presentation on the history of Time and Motion Studies.

Frederick Taylor, the founder of Scientific Management mainly focused on time studies while Frank and Lillian Gilbreth focused on Motion Studies.

You can view Dave's video here.

The first presentation from Beginning Engineers provides a general discussion of time and motion studies.

These studies are not limited to manufacturing but also apply to services.

Any task can be broken down into simpler component movements, elemental steps.

Make sure you have a clear physical set point that triggers each step. The last step should lead directly into the trigger point of the first step.

The video concludes with guidelines of how to do a time study in practice. Variances among people can be adjusted using a Personal Fatigue and Delay factor.

You can watch the video here.

In the next video from Beginning Engineers, after a recap of how to conduct a time study two examples are given: cooking a noodle dish and spray painting a surfboard.

You can watch that video here.

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Time and motion studies have been around for well over a hundred years. Based on the foundational work of Frederick Winslow Taylor and Frank and Lillian Gilbreth, they are as relevant today whenever repetitive work is performed by humans.

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She is known for her work in time and motion study, which she developed with her husband Frank. This technique is used to analyze work processes and identify ways to make them more efficient by breaking down tasks into smaller components and eliminating unnecessary motions (International society of six sigma professionals, 2023).

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Lillian Gilbreth studied while she was married, so her biggest supporter was her husband, Frank Bunker. They both encouraged each other to pursue their professional goals and collaborated on many projects throughout their careers and afterwards, they worked together as industrial engineers.

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Lillian Gilbreth attended the University of California, Berkeley, where she graduated with a PhD in psychology in 1915 and a Bachelor's degree in industrial engineering starting in 1900 (Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d).

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She was born May 24, 1878 in Oakland, California, USA.