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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 5, Issue 2 (June 2, 1930)

Utility of the Research

Utility of the Research.

The explanation of these processes will no doubt cause the average employer to question the utility of the chronocyclegraph records (or even to ask why bother with such refinements?) holding that such minute details are not of practical use. However, the conclusions drawn from such studies in the workshops mean more work in less time, with less fatiguing results. The best known example which occurs at the moment is that of chocolate dipping. The preliminary investigations shewed a tremendous waste of motion in coating chocolate centres. The movements were reduced to, I think, six, and an immensely greater output resulted. Similar experiments were made in a certain well-known English soap factory. One instance will show the utility of these researches. page 36 The girls wrapping cakes of soap were not working under any organised system. Preliminary observations indicated seven to eight movements which, upon analysis, were reduced to three, at the same time, a rhythm of work was introduced which avoided fatigue.

The psychologist will analyse your processes and teach the workmen the new motions. This brings us to the next phase in organisation for schedules, namely, new “work methods.”