Bulletin of the Society to Promote the Science of Management Volume 7-8 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 Excerpt: ...they say, is difficult tecause opposed by the workers' organizations. Management is not able to accomplish all its desires, but it seems that gradually managers and workers are returning to the piece rate system, and analyses of the resultant actual times of operations is permitting the reasonably rapid development of progressive methods. (Translation of an address of M. Antoine, Civil Engineer, France, before the Foundation Michelin; from Le Genie Civil, 26 August, 1922.) 1 The author had just returned from an extended tour of investigation in the United States. THE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF A MEDIUM-SIZED PLANT1 THE CORONA TYPEWRITER COMPANY. INC. By Percy S. Brown2 I. NATURE OF THE PRODUCT THE Corona Typewriter Company, manufactures only a portable typewriter, the case in which it is carried, and a few accessories such as folding stands and label holders. Furthermore, as only one model is manufactured, this paper deals with a specific type of manufacture; the continuous producing of Coronas and their cases. Our system of organization and methods of manufacturing control would probably be only slightly applicable in plants where there are a great variety of products manufactured. Our problem is to produce finished Coronas of the highest quality in large quantities in the most economical way, and in order to do this we have found it expedient to highly departmentalize and thoroughly functionalize the entire organization. Going further, we have taken individual departments and have studied and standardized every operation performed in the department. Standardization has necessarily had to be thorough and far reaching. We divide our manufacturing into two parts: First, we manufacture parts to finished parts stock, and, second, we assemble machines from ...