Applied Motion Study
A Collection Method to industrial Preparedness

30 APPLIED MOTION STUDY manently bring about results from scientific man- agement, and the economies that it is possible to effect by it, unless the organisation is supported by the hearty co-operation of the men. Without this there is no scientific management. Moreover, since the conditions which, bring about the co-operation are measured and stand- ardised, the result is stable. Co-operation with- out standardisation is a most unstable thing, likely to disappear at any moment with a change of the individuals supposed to co-operate. Speed Boss.— Regardless of the popular im- pression as to his duties, the speed boss (func- tion No. 8) does not speed up the men. In fact, he has very little to do with speeding men. His duty is to see that the machinery moves at the ex- act speed called for on the individual instruction card. It is obvious that there is some one speed that is more desirable than any other speed; for example, the speed of a buzz planer or a circular saw is very dangerous when it is too slow, while on the other hand, the speed of a fly-wheel of an engine is very dangerous when it is too fast. What is most desirable and safe is the speed that the instruction card man attempts to set on the