Motion Study
A Method for Increasing the Efficiency of the Workman
Forfatter: Frank B. Gilbreth
År: 1911
Forlag: D. Van Nostrand Company
Sted: New York
Sider: 116
UDK: 658.54 Gil Gl.
DOI: 10.48563/dtu-0000026
With an Introduction by Robert Thurston Kent Editor of "Industrial Engineering".
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CHAPTER V
PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF MOTION
STUDY
Work Accomplished
Considered in relation to the time during which it has
been applied to the trades, scientific motion study can show
most satisfactory results.
The workers in the field as well as in the office have been
quick to appreciate and adopt the new methods suggested
by motion economy.
This has been especially the case in the crafts. Nearly
every proficient workman loves his trade. He loves the
joy of achievement. He can achieve most when useless
motions have been eliminated for him, and he welcomes
improvements, as the bricklayers have welcomed the brick
coming right side up on the packet.
Magnitude of Work to be Done
To the casual reader it may seem that the task of evolv-
ing standard practice from usual present practice, and
from the best practice, is simply a case of observing, re-
cording, and eliminating. The student will see that it
requires the closest concentration to do even the necessary
scientific observing and recording, while to deduce and
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