The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-20
fair. and. above all else, co"rd'nated'

ness | would unGualiticdlN say that TN
manufactured Npr OF car is no IA
wrong. Equally it price were
the only consideration. would sag
that the "assemhlcd" tNpc is funda'
mentally, right. The aim. u
all manufacturers With pern1ancn
ambition is TO give maNimum quality
AT minimum cost To the consumer. u
is in response to this clmand that thu
standardized" type of car responds
The oldest cars i'll America are. the
urcticallN. manufactured" cars. Frac'
tically all European cars fall unde,
this head. This type of Il is bull
for the most part under one root. Thu
motor. the rear systems. and all thu
res pectivc departments inside the par,
ent factory. Ignition systems and
such other parts as demand the un-
usual skill OF scientific specialists are
usually built outside. The result ot
this. sort of manufacture tends toward
overhead. which is the big factor in
all costs. Each car built under this
plan bears its exact and full pro rata
Of the entire overhead expense ri It's
manufacture
".Nssrmblc.l" Cars Disappearing.
The Su-callod 'aS>cmhlcd" car IS
fast disappcarirS: hence Il frank state
mcnt OF facts will injurc no ne. I'm
der the old system of assembly the
matter of producing Il car was APP
I preached i'm somewhat the following
manner: II was first decided at what
list price the car was to hc marketed.
To illustrate: suppose that a com
panN capitalized at S23o.000 decided
that a car with a whcc base of. say.
1,2 inches aud scl,ing al 5000 would
: No a salahlr product. Note. please.
,l,,% tj.> ,r;,, sx-,, L., ,rpSntSr,1 lN.,fNcn
III" car WAS ever designed. The next
logical move was TO design a car. in
the rough. With its proportions deter
mined Ivy the length of the wheel
base.
The staff Of engineers MAY have
! agreed that Il certain motor Was de-
Sirahlc from an efficiency standpoint:
hu: ii that motor was too expensive.
in View of the proposed selling price.
il was forgotten and a cheaper motor
substituted. So witt, the rear system.
tho radiator. etc. When the car was
completed il would stand up on a
Dealers four. II was made To SELL
no; TO give scrvirr.
Methods. Fundamentals Wrong.
Such methods uf manufacture were
fundamentally wrong and. therefore.
doomed To fail. This type nt manu-
f%acturcr is fast getting out of the bust
ness. aud he is doing himself as great
Il kindness as he is the industry. II
is always better to withdraw Nolun-
tarily PUT of an awkward position
than to he elected.
With the new standardized type OF
car the methods employed are just
the reverse OF those employed in the
making Of the so-called assembled car.
The standardized maker determines
N.haf his .lr * ia hn hx.fnrr 11, mai.
ter of price is considered. He de-
mands above all else quality. because
he is building With service to the user
~paramountlE i'll mind.
Ills engineering department deter
mines on all the essentials of the car
its body lines. its principles of con-
struction. its type nj motor. its wheel
base. the size of the wheels and tires.
etc. Every detail is thrashed out to
the Very bottom. The motor builder
who is best qualified and who bears
the best reputation is enlisted. The
best rear system builder is called in.
Every detail OF the construction is
turned over to the recognized author
ity in each particular instance. Then.
n not until then. are prices on all
these parts obtained. When all the
prices arc in. the sellin. price of the
car is set: and. henceforth. during the
life of his particular model there is
no variation.
Mechanical Task of Building.
Vow. to the actual mechanical task
mind. the engineering department
puts it in concrete blue print form.
with every detail sized to the one
thousandth part OF an inch. y full
set of the blue prints of the entire
car is sent to each partmaker. and an
inspector. under the pay of the par
ont factory. put in ach partmaker's
plant when the actual production be-
gins coming through. Result: when
the parts are finally shipped to the
parent factory they are built for each
other. AS truly as if they We're built
under one roof. and each is the work
ness in life is to build his particular
part better than any one else could
build it who divides his attention with
other duties and enGcavors. Another
advantage of standardization. In ev-
cry succe>N.ul business there is al
ways one big predominating and
moving spirit. Unless this is true
Your organization does not have what
might be called cohesion, and unity Of
action is impossible.
In the sort Of a factory which for
1''-A' aSsStiIPtVu " ItdIItlldClUEc lIeS
greater part Of it's equipment there
was either no n centralized figure or
the attention Of the dominating per-
sonality of h organization was So
diversified that general efficiency was
impaired. To be concrete. in the
form of manufacture the predominant
man in the organization has but one
thing on which to specialize and on
centrate. This thing is the manufuc-
tured product. He does @ have 20
worry about his motor department.. or
his frames, or his rear systems, or am
other detail Of manufacture. Al: of
these parts are in the hands Of com
potent specialists-men who ;.an huilo
them better and more efficiently than
could an:' man who divides his attrn-
ton among IL hundred things.
Quality Not u Consideration.
The standardized manufacturer,
therefore. docs not have to worr:.
about the quality Of his parts. Ans.
one who has ever tried to mold .icwn
- Job and TO accomplish !, .!cGnit.
purpose knows tina, no mar .an do his
best work when it is. constantly ,I,..es-
SarE for him to fit from one subject
To another.
The contention ] am making here is
mat, so far as tho tinal ,,firi .ncy of
the finished product is concerned. ,iI.
best results are n~ltainable Through
Standardization
"" Illustrate t""thcr ;,has. nf The
erect OF standardization" on :u,l'.y.
fuppos you We're "A manufacturer ~
automobiles Hrti had S5.16l invested
in castings for FLINDERS. yo" to bcro.
me Under out CT the Castings: after
tho ri "a rnuifsini ,ri,, 800. go.