Applied Motion Study
A Collection Method to industrial Preparedness

SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT 11 to standardise the means or method. Laboratory practice has taught that while the immediate re- sults are important, the standardisation of the method is more important, since the unexpected ultimate results, sometimes called by-products, are often by far the most valuable outcome of the work. Certain industries in this country have gone far toward applying scientific methods to the material element, but no one of us need go outside his own experience to be able to mention other industries that as yet have no conception of what such work means. Much has been done not only in the analysis of materials, but also with the handling of materi- als. America has cause to be proud of her ma- chines and her tools. The chief criticism that we may make of present practice in this field is that of lack of standardisation. The reasons for this are many. One is business competition, though the feeling is gradually dying out that making one’s product markedly different from that of all others is a strong selling advantage. Another is the strong feeling of independence and individual- ity that leads one to prefer a thing because it is different rather than because it is adequate to the