Applied Motion Study
A Collection Method to industrial Preparedness

144 APPLIED MOTION STUDY seen such an operator handle the modified ma- chine with satisfactory results. We have found that slight modification of other machines per- mits assigning their operating and controlling parts to the remaining limbs of the workers, and thus makes possible their successful handling by injured operators. Any kind of an adjustment or adaptation may be not only useful in its par- ticular field, but may also form a missing link in an invention in an entirely different field. We will gladly take all data sent us and make them immediately useful to those working on the train- ing of the injured soldiers in all countries. We have found it most efficient to think of all ac- tivity in terms of motions and decisions. Through more than thirty years of work in mo- tion study we have facilities that make it possi- ble to analyse all data into terms of motion econ- omy, and thus to make them useful with the least waste in transmission or handling time. This work of helping the crippled soldiers by teaching them to make the most of their motion possibilities should be the special contribution of the engineer in the field of social betterment. The opportunities for such work to-day are espe-