Applied Motion Study
A Collection Method to industrial Preparedness

48 APPLIED MOTION STUDY as much assembly as had previously been done. Such changes are typical, and it is typical that the inventions result from the motion study. As for the type of individual suited to the work, — the simplification of the process and the reduc- tion of the motions to habits often make it possi- ble to utilise workers with less initiative and skill, assigning the more skilled workers to a higher type of work. In the case cited of the as- sembly, the original assemblers were retained and enabled to do much more work with less fatigue. It has also been possible to train inexperienced men to assemble in much less time and with less effort than was formerly the case. The result of the introduction of motion stand- ards is an increase in output and wages, and an accompanying decrease in cost and fatigue. The decreased cost and the increased wages both de- pend, of course, on the increased output. The output is increased, because the motions used to make any one unit of the output are less in num- ber and more efficient in results. The average cost of output increase is sufficient not only to provide for the higher wages necessary to induce the workers to do the work in the manner pre-