Identifier: economicsideofwo00dunc (find matches)
Title: The economic side of works management ..
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Duncan, John C. (John Christie), b. 1881
Subjects: Factory management Cost accounting
Publisher: (New York?)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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isthat no matter where the operations are carried on, the re-cording apparatus can be concentrated at any point. In thisway it is possible to have all the records in the office of theforeman or superintendents while they are being made.Many plants, however, do not have the instruments so placed,because if they are going to get the greatest efficiency out oftheir men, it is well to let the workers see just what kindof a record they are making while on duty. The foremenshould be around to see the men from time to time, so thereis no great advantage gained by having the gauges gatheredtogether in his office, or that of some suj)erior official. Thesuperintendent of a large plant has other duties than watch-ing gauges in operation. His clerk should gather the recordsand call his notice to any bad reports or unusual showingswhich need attention. He will thus know what to investi-gate, and should not be troubled with the records when ^Bulletin, No. Ill, The Bristol Company, September, 1909.
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BIO THE PRINCIPLES OF INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT everything is going as well as present methods make possi-ble. His time under those conditions can be better em-ployed in improving the methods in operation. If the records kept show that machines are always run-ning at their full capacity, it is fair to expect them to maketheir promised output. Not only is it necessary to see thatmachines are making their promised outputs, but care shouldbe taken to see that they make it consistently throughoutlong lapses of time. Many firms keep daily records of ma-chine outputs in such a way that a person can tell at a glancehow the department is running. These records are frequentlyused in connection with other data. Mr. H. L. Gantt in1908 published a paper, entitled A Graphical Daily Bal-ance in Manufacture, to show how a daily balance schemecan be used to facilitate getting work turned out by a de-partment. The advantages of his daily balance scheme, ashe presented it, are that it aids the foreman by s

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