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Page 270 - The Taylor system regards the workman as a machine to be 'speeded up' to its maximum capacity. When this human machine fails to function to the satisfaction of the management it is to be cast aside to make room for the new machine — a fresh workman. The authors of the system do not appear to have concerned themselves about the ultimate fate of the human derelicts who may be compelled to drop out because they can not stand the pace.
Page 100 - Factory Mail Boy, and m. Time Boy. In addition to the above, but directly responsible to the production clerk, the shop employs the following: n. Inspector; o. Stores Keeper; p. Move Material Boss. The three last named are all functional foremen, each having specific duties which are clearly...
Page 179 - Hammers and all tools that work by striking or being struck, such as sledges, tups, etc., chisels, sets, flatters, etc. L — Transportation tools. All tools used in moving materials from one place to another, such as buckets, boxes, etc., trucks, shovels, wheelbarrows, bogies, brooms, riggers' tools, slings, chains, etc. M — Measuring tools. All instruments of precision, weights, measures, gages, etc., electrical instruments, etc. P — Paring tools. All tools that remove metal from the surface...
Page 99 - The balance of all materials, raw materials, stores and finished parts, and the balance of the work ahead for each class of machines and workmen.
Page 99 - Time study for all work done by hand throughout the works, including that done in setting the work in machines, and all bench, vise work and transportation, etc.
Page 99 - ... 5. The analysis of all inquiries for new work received in the sales department and promises for time of delivery. 6. The cost of all items manufactured with complete expense analysis and complete monthly comparative cost and expense exhibits.
Page 270 - The authors of the system do not appear to have concerned themselves about the ultimate fate of the human derelicts who may be compelled to drop out because they can not stand the pace. Mr. Taylor boasts that when he installed his system in the Bethlehem steel works he purposely made the tasks so hard that 'not more than one out of five laborers (perhaps even a smaller percentage than this) could keep up.
Page 179 - All tools used for covering a surface with an adhesive foreign material, and any for removing same. These general classes can be divided into subclasses and the subclasses can be further subdivided and re-subdivided down to the individual tool, as the requirements of the shop dictate.
Page 179 - ... etc. L — Transportation tools. All tools used in moving materials from one place to another, such as buckets, boxes, etc., trucks, shovels, wheelbarrows, bogies, brooms, riggers' tools, slings, chains, etc. M — Measuring tools. All instruments of precision, weights, measures, gages, etc., electrical instruments, etc. P — Paring tools. All tools that remove metal from the surface by cutting, except slotter and milling tools. (See class D for lathe boring tools.) R — Milling tools. All...
Page 179 - TOOI.S, not elsewhere classified. B — BENDING TOOLS. — All tools for producing changes in shape by bending, folding, spinning, etc. C — CLAMPS AND HOLDING DEVICES of all kinds, including bolts and screws. D — DRILLING AND BORING TOOLS. — Tools that remove metal from the interior, such as drills, boring bars, cutters and all appliances relating to them, and lathe boring tools. E — EDGE TOOLS. — Edge t<x>ls for working wood, and tools for working plastic materials, such as clay, molding...