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Title: The economic side of works management ..
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Duncan, John C. (John Christie), b. 1881
Subjects: Factory management Cost accounting
Publisher: (New York?)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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cessary to make a record of themen. Two schemes may be used. If the work is paid onthe piece basis, one of the best records of a mans efficiencyis the amount of wages he draws. This record can be keptin a wage-record book (Fig. 37), where the names of all themen in each class are grouped, or an output record may be machine: shop Work man 5 No. OPERATION Contract No- Tiro© Storted TiiT^e Retorr>ed Elapsed Time For Cost Cle»-»< OnlyRate. Oireot Labor.TotaI Fig. 36.—Individual Operation Time Shp for each Contract. made on a separate monthly memorandum output card.(See Fig. 38.) If, however, the man is paid on the day plan, it is neces-sary to standardize the tasks and compare workmen who dosimilar classes of work. If it is hard to standardize thetasks, as it is in the erecting of large machines, the gangbosses in charge of the erection may be charged with theirlabor costs (see Fig. 82), and comparative records made withother men who have worked, or are working, on similar con-
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CO d p—I fa RECORD OF THE WORKERS 255 tracts. The gang boss can be held responsible for too higha cost; and if an exact and definite record is kept, he can atonce be notified when his costs are running high, and beasked to give the reasons for it. If there is any complaintto make against any particular men, the foreman can shiftthe men reported delinquent to other gang bosses; and ifthrough several trials the labor costs increase with theseworkmen, proper means can then be taken to improve thelabor force. This method of comparison, sometimes termedthe deadly parallel, does away with elaborate records andobviates the necessity of marking systems for the individual MONTHLY RCCORO vf workman w^o Jo workmans no name: AOOffCSS — (Goool for *wo yo<i When ^ncfa^Kd ■Chanaea with da-kes Qtfi-f- Work Mf^NTH OUTPUT SOOD SPOILED Sp6iLEd\ MONTH OUTPLnL- LED\=POLe:D ofo Fig. 38.—Monthly Memorandum Card showing Efficiency of Piece Worker. men. Some firms adopt a system of

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