Pro-SMV
Standard Time
Software
A predetermined motion and time system based on MTM-2, to establish international standard minute values for the sewn product industry — providing a scientific approach to set best methods and optimise manufacturing costs.
Achieve with a PMTS system
Pro-SMV is built on the globally recognised Predetermined Motion Time System — giving your business a scientific, fact-based foundation for costing and manufacturing excellence.
- Eliminate subjectivity and guesswork from costing
- Reach bigger markets and sell more competitively
- Manage profitability with database and cost engineering
- Reducing variability across all operations
- Standardising time and methods organisation-wide
- Reduce cost of manufacturing measurably
- Improve profitability with fact-based targets
How it works & the Pro-SMV advantage
Made for Apparel, Leather, and Home Furnishing — Pro-SMV simplifies the complex science of motion-time measurement into a practical, everyday tool.
- Set ethical standard times
- Establish the best method to perform a job
- Based on motions — not operator skills
- Fact-based, accurate costings
- Puts you on a continuous journey of improvement
- A time exists for each & every human motion
- Combined movements make the method
- The method makes the time
- Combine operations to build a full style
- Leads to methods improvement
- Accurate time standards
- Simplified within just 36 motion codes
- Thread consumption computed automatically
- Reference videos for before & after improvement can be attached
- Strong filing structure for long-term database use
- Drag and drop operations & subsections from other styles
- Build new styles faster using existing database
Made for sewn products manufacturers
Pro-SMV is purpose-built for three major sewn product industries — bringing the same scientific rigour to each.
What Pro-SMV users say
Trusted by leading manufacturers across Europe, South Asia, and beyond — here's what clients say about Pro-SMV.
We feel very confident in recommending Methods. They are not only thorough but also easy to work with and always willing to take time to discuss our concerns. They are very detailed and keen to meet all expectations. They made our future business much easier.
We have gained a simple yet powerful tool PRO-SMV which not only assesses where we are today, but also tells us whether we are on the right path towards our vision of achieving highest productivity and remarkable efficiency. It is not only about right standards but also figuring out the hurdles in attaining that.
Explore all Methods software products
Pro-SMV is one part of a complete suite of apparel industry software — each product solving a specific operational challenge.
Ready to set international standard times for your factory?
Our Pro-SMV experts will demonstrate how MTM-2 based standards can transform your costing and efficiency.