Motion Study
A Method for Increasing the Efficiency of the Workman

INDEX II4 Nutrition, importance of “welfare” work on, 35. lack of scientific data concerning, 35- Output, effect of “Contentment” on, 14. influence of quality of the men on, 13. influence of surroundings on, 58. relation to cost of, 70. Packet, advantages of use of, 54. Past, present, and future of motion study, 86-110. Path, 82-83. determination of, 82. ideal, 83. relation of gravitation to, 82. Penalties, 53. relation of cost reducing to, 53. stimulus of, 53. Percentage of rest, provision for, 29. Phonography, usefulness of, 48. Playing for position, 83-84. definition of, 83. Quality of material, 52-53. effect of output On, 52. relation to standard motions of, 52- Quality of men, importance of, 13, 52. Reading, stimulus of, 48. Reclassifying of trades, 73. Reducing the cost of living, 96. Rest, compulsory, 32. provision for, 29. Rest time, utilization of, 29, 32. Reward, 53. influence on cost reducing of, 53. stimulus of, 53. Savings by motion study, 2. Science of management, demands of, 98. Scientific investigator, necessity of, 91. Sequence, 69-70. determining of, 84. Shaler, “Man and the Earth,” 1. work of, i. “Shop Management,” 56. Short men, selection of work for, 36. Singing, stimulus of, 48. Size, 36. relation of motions to, 36. selection of men according to, 36. Size of unit moved, 54-56- determining of, 54. relation to economy of, 54. Skill, 36-38. acquiring of, 37. Small jobs, selection of men for, 23. “Soldiering,” evils of, 29. Special fatigue eliminating devices, 56-58. Speed, 84-85. advantages of, 84. habit of, 84. importance of, 84. relation to output of, 84. “Standard conditions,” relation of output to, 43. Standard length of motions, 80. Standard methods, utilizing mo- mentum in, 78. Standard motions, aid of standard appliances toward, 45. forming habits of, 37. necessity for, 37. necessity for standard tools with, 59- Standard practice, benefits of, 42. derivation of, 91.