The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-23

The Meeting Place of Many Parts.
There are over two thousand
pieces in an automobile. You prob
ably -onder how IL Is possible to
b:ing all these parts together and
put them in the finished car.
There are nearly two hundred
different manufacturing depart
ments in the greet Studebaker
plants. The pieces made by all
these departments are routed.
through the shortest possible dis
lance, to a general clearing house
called .he stock room. Each piece
has it's own particular place in this
great stock room; it has its own
particular bin. All the pieces are
coming from all the
various departments to this common
center.
There are wonderful studies OF
efficiency along the way. The COL
lecting. transferring and depositing
of the various pieces in stock
room would in itself be subject
matter sufficient for an entire book
on efficiency. We can only say that
the Studebaker system is the result
of experience in manufacturing. A
great many good methods have been
6aVainnad N.
efficient ones have been tested and
discarded. Today we have remain
ing the sum of all that is good
Studebaker methods have been de
veloped to their present state OF
perfection solely by this process OF
elimination and accumulation
There are twenty different
assembling departments in the
Studebaker factories. Let US for a
moment consider one, the rear axle
assembly.
From this great clearing house
called the stock room the various
parts for the rear axle are sent t6
the assembly room for the days
work When the whistle blows in
the morning, the rear axle assembly
department has a regular giver
quota of axles to assemble for the
days work. The department ii
supplied with sufficient number oil
all the 4l3 parts that go into {
Studebaker rear axle to complete
that entire quota.
Every part is placed on the flool
in a certain relation to every othel
part, representing the progressiv.
steps in its assembling. AS it i,
built up it travels through tn,
shortest possible distance In ever,
instance there is specialized work
man whose duty it is TO assemble
just certain part of that axle. This
is his work, day after day, month
after month. His experiences devel
ops with his experience.
But in addition to his experience
his foreman and the representative:
from the methods departments are
continually assisting him to elimi
noate lost motion in the perform
anee of his work. A movement is
cut out here or there. A tool is sim
pliied. A bench is put handler to
his right hand. He is moved to a
spot where he can secure better
light for fine operation. This inn
provement goes on day after day
and week after week.
Efficiency is not theory which
springs full born from the brain OF
man Efficiency is the steady build
ing-up of practical processes. This
building-up process is the result OF
actual. practical experience. Move
ments and motions are studied by
observing the operations actually in
process. Locations OF machines in
relation to each other are studied by
observing the machines at work
The light. the position of the work
man in relation to some other work
man all these things enter into
the question. The Studebaker car
is an evolution; the method of max
ing it is an evolution.
Continued Friday.)