Abstract: A system, computer product and method is provided for establishing labour standards at a workplace. The system and computer product includes a travel calculation facility that facilitates the calculation of the time required to travel along a specified path at the workplace. The system and computer product also includes a task calculation facility that permits a user to build formulae for calculating the time required to complete a task using a formula element repository. The system and computer product enable the combination of the time required to complete a task with the time required to travel the path involved in completing the task to define the time that it should take in total to complete a task including travel time. The method of the invention involves the use of the travel calculation facility and task calculation facility to define the labour standards for the workplace.