Applied Motion Study
A Collection Method to industrial Preparedness

UNITS, METHODS AND DEVICES 25 done by measurement; hence the resultant stand- ardisation is successful. A statement of the du- ties of each function will make clear the amount of standardisation that is possible. Route Man.— The duty of the route man (function No. 2) is to determine and plan in ad- vance the path of each piece of material, worked and unworked, as it passes through the shop or as it is handled by each and every member of the or- ganisation who has anything to do with it. He is to decide the three dimensions of the path, and the route that the material is to pass through, whether it is to go to the stores or into temporary storage stations, or directly through the shop as fast as the operations connected with it will per- mit. His function is not simply to look after the details of the moving; he must also determine the “ when ” and in many cases the “ who ” as well as the “ where.” Broadly, he determines the entire transportation career of the material. For example, in building operations, he would deter- mine where the car was to be placed to be un- loaded, where the material was to be unloaded, when it was to be moved into the building, and exactly what path it should follow across the