Motion Study
A Method for Increasing the Efficiency of the Workman

INDEX IZ3 Interim system, place of motion study in, 4. Investigator, trained, need for, 91. Large jobs, selection of men for, 23- Length, 79-81. Length of motions, effect of clothes on, 80. Lighting, 50-52. advantages of proper, 51. five tests of, 51. influence on motions of, 50. influence on output of, 50. problems involved in, 52. usual arrangement of, 50. Low-priced man, arranging dis- tances for, 80. arranging of work of, 75. cost of, 71. definition of, 19. prescribing work for, 17, 18. Machines, demand for properly de- signed, 62. sets of motions for tending of, 61. tending of, 61. Magnitude of work to be done, 86- 87. “Man and the Earth,” Shaler’s book on, i. Mechanical Trades, U. S. Bureau of, 98. Methods, standard, use of momen- tum in, 78. Military system, place of motion study in, 3. Mode of living, 35. effect on output of, 35. Momentum overcome, 77—78. limiting of, 77. work done by, 78. Motion, variables of the, 65-85. Motion economy, utilization of, 86. Motion study, aim of, 3. cost reducing value of, 3. description and outline of, 1-9. earning capacity of workman in- creased by, 2. field of, 5. immediate need of, 103. increase in output by, 3. method of attack of, 3. necessity for, 1. past, present, and future of, 86- 110. place in scientific management of, 3- possible economies of, 1. present stage of, 5. problem presented by, 5. savings by, 2. steps in, 5. steps in study of, 102. successful applications of, 8. usefulness to all types of manage- ment of, 3. value of, 4. Motions, balanced, 68. combination of, 69. counting of, 98. dissimilar, 69. necessity for classifying of, 72. planning of, 68. sequence of, 69. similar, 69. Music, effects of, 48. Necessity, 81-82. importance of, 81. use as a criterion of, 81. Non-stooping scaffold, advantages of, 11, 12. Nutrition, 35-36.