Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-13

results. and even when he works naru
he makes a comparatively poor show
ing. But standardizing can be carried
too far. When Standardization mas
reached the point that the cost OF
maintaining it is greater than the saw
ing resulting therefrom it should De-
discontinued.
ANY system that eliminates unnec-
essary and wasted effort Is good. IL
does not necessarily follow, however
that because any particular system mas
been branded as scientific that the
brand alone makes it such.
Conditions vary in different shops
and a system which would be effective
in one might not be as effective IN an
other. The work and responsibility OF
selecting, evolving, or introducing a
system suitable to a particular shop
must in a great measure depend upon
the intelligence of the management.
The Taylor system undertakes to
systematic the work first, by the es-
tablishment of a planning department;
second, by detail study of the shop and
the elements of a particular piece OIL
work: third, by a routing system; and
out of these grow a multitude of other
details such as job cards, routing
cards, time study, and many others. so
much of this kind of detail work is
needed under this system that 1t ap-
pears to your committee that constant
care would have to be exercised in or
der to prevent the overhead charges
thus created from using up all Of the
benefits which might be derived from
the proper decentralization OF the
work.
Every well-regulated industrial es.
Establishment should have planning de.
partment proportioned to the size and
need of the shop. In establishing a de-
partment practical common sense
should be used the same as in every
thing else. In a small shop the mana
ger might easily be his own planning
department. In large establishments
separate department could be utilized
to advantage for the proper planning
of the work. In other words, every
shop should be provided with the
means of properly planning the hand
ling of all work that comes to it so AZ
to get it through the shop with the
least possible waste Of energy or Loss
of time 10 either men or machine.
STUDY OF DETAILS.
A detailed study of the elements Of ev
| 49,, ,,.ooo - ,,,orfx aor th q D,,rpoco of die
covering the best system of handling
it and the elimination of unnecessar!
work on the part of the workman ma!
be and no doubt is under some circum
stances productive Of good results
That is particularly true when un
skilled men are selected to do skillet
work and it becomes necessary Il
study their movements in order t
train them to that standard of efficier
cy which skilled men have already al
tanned; but it is neither as essentia
nor as beneficial where men are en-
lployed who are trained and skilled il
the particular line of work they are e1
pected to do. The elimination of III
necessary motion in doing any work i
always a benefit, because it conserve
the vitality of the workman and make
his labor more productive.
1t should be the duty of every fore
man to observe the methods of hi
workmen with view of correcting an
improper methods and removing y
necessary motion in his work. 1t Ca
not, however, be expected that ever
workman who has spent the create
part of his life in doing work by met
. DDS which have become familiar I