Motion study and time study instruments of precision / by Frank B. Gilbreth and Lillian Moller Gilbreth.

  • Gilbreth, Frank B. (Frank Bunker), 1868-1924.
Date:
[between 1910 and 1919?]
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Motion study and time study instruments of precision / by Frank B. Gilbreth and Lillian Moller Gilbreth. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    MOTION STUDY AND TIME STUDY INSTRUMENTS OF PRECISION. By FRANK B. GILBRETH, Mem. A. S. M. E., and, LILLIAN MOLLER GILBRETH, Ph. D. Providence, R. I., U. S. A. The greatest waste in the world comes from needless, ill- directed, and ineffective motions. These motions are unneces- sary and preventable. Their existence in the past was excusa- ble, because there was no knowledge of how to dispense with them. That excuse no longer obtains. The methods and de- vices of waste elimination are known and are being constantly used. But the knowledge of how to make these great world- wide economies is being disseminated at an astonishingly slow speed. This paper is for the purpose of disseminating such knowl- edge, particularly as to the devices that are used for making the measurements that enable us to eliminate waste. In the science of management, as in all other sciences, prog- ress that is to be definite and lasting depends upon the ac- curacy of the measurements that are made. There are three elements to every measurement: 1. The unit measured. 2. The method of measurement. 3. The device by which the measurement is made. It is here our aim to show the development of the devices of measurement, that is, of instruments of precision that apply to one branch of the new type of management, namely, to mo- tion study and its related time study. The fundamental idea of the new type of management that has been variously called “Scientific Management”, or “Meas- ured Functional Management”, is that it is based upon the results of accurate measurement. This fundamental idea has