Applied Motion Study
A Collection Method to industrial Preparedness

SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT 171 tion, possible.1 We start, then, always, by mak- ing a fatigue survey of the particular plant or problem in hand, and determining, roughly if necessary, but as accurately as possible, what fa- tigue exists, and what proportion of it is neces- sary and what unnecessary. It is no easy thing to decide, what fatigue exists, or what fatigue is necessary, but one is safe to presume always that a large amount of fatigue does exist, and that an astounding proportion of it is unnecessary. There are some very simple signs of un- necessary fatigue; such as lack of chairs or rests of any kind, crowding, lack of light, lack of ven- tilation, lack of safety devices. The lacks them- selves suggest the first facts in the necessities to be supplied. We have found the chair an ad- mirable device upon which to specialise, since it is visible and tangible, and its supply, where it is lacking, usually goes a long way towards help- ing the organisation to think in terms of fatigue elimination. We adjust all work possible so that it may be done part of the time sitting and part of the time standing. We supply chairs, foot- rests and armrests; supply, or change, the posi- i See “ Fatigue Study,” Sturgis & Walton, New York.