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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 6, Issue 6 (December 1, 1931)

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Specific instructions (one at each spot) copied from the operation sheet.

Specific instructions (one at each spot) copied from the operation sheet.

The necessity for the employment of the most efficient methods in industry has never before been so obvious as it is to-day. This statement, with the exception of the “obvious” part of it, has always been, and always will be true. Put another way, it means there never was, or is, any justification for the existence of any industry that employs inefficient methods.

In our country we may be inefficient and not know it. In other countries, where there is intense competition, your competitor or your banker will soon acquaint you of the fact, if you do not know it. So it behoves us to keep an eye on the other fellow—not only on one page of his book, but on the whole book of words by all the means in our power. I admit it is not easy—nothing is easy that is worth while—but, it must be done, for the very good reason that our existence absolutely depends on our so doing.

All the foregoing holds good, whether we are in the railway business or any other business.