Shoe factory efficiency,

Image 1 of Shoe factory efficiency, -S 990 K5 :opy 1 SHOE FACTORY EFFICIENCY

Contributor: Kirwin, John Edward
Date: 1910

Contributor: Kirwin, John Edward
Date: 1910

Image 3 of Shoe factory efficiency, SHOE FACTORY EFFICIENCY By John E. Kirwin Published by Leather Shoe Audit System Co. 183 Essex St. Boston, Mass. A. D. 1910

Contributor: Kirwin, John Edward
Date: 1910

Contributor: Kirwin, John Edward
Date: 1910

Image 5 of Shoe factory efficiency, CONTENTS Chapter I. Unit Area of Production II. Labor III. Machinery IV. The Productive System V. Specialization VI. Departments VII. Shoe Costs VIII. Conclusion

Contributor: Kirwin, John Edward
Date: 1910

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Contributor: Kirwin, John Edward
Date: 1910

Image 7 of Shoe factory efficiency, CHAPTER I. Unit Area of Production Shoe manufacturers sometimes ai-e at a loss to know whether or not they are making the best possible use of the floor space at their disposal....

Contributor: Kirwin, John Edward
Date: 1910

Image 8 of Shoe factory efficiency, who seize opportunities at the right time and then push their competitors. It is well known that some men are classed as conservative who are prevented from acting because of a lack...

Contributor: Kirwin, John Edward
Date: 1910

Image 9 of Shoe factory efficiency, ory proper, just as though it were a purchase made outside. Needless to say, an unmistakable double check is hereby afforded on the most expensive mater- ial used in the process of...

Contributor: Kirwin, John Edward
Date: 1910

Image 10 of Shoe factory efficiency, CHAPTER 11. Labor Conditions Must Be Right. Much has already been left unsaid, I ut as it is my present intention merely to break the ground, the gamut of details, such as...

Contributor: Kirwin, John Edward
Date: 1910

Image 11 of Shoe factory efficiency, derstanding-s and quarrels between operatives who have been unable to keep their work carefully seperated be- cause of cramped quarters also suggests wrong condi- tions. See that the operatives have rocm, light,...

Contributor: Kirwin, John Edward
Date: 1910

Image 12 of Shoe factory efficiency, lutely inadequate to the task of getting production out of others. And this applies equally to positions higher up in the organization. There is another important matter that demands careful attention. Speaking...

Contributor: Kirwin, John Edward
Date: 1910

Image 13 of Shoe factory efficiency, CHAPTER III. Machinery I have discussed one of the chief productive units, namely, labor. The fact might have been stated that, although labor is a vital factor and the one which can...

Contributor: Kirwin, John Edward
Date: 1910

Image 14 of Shoe factory efficiency, Machines, not unlike a company of soldiers, should be lined up to the very best advantage. Some concerns employ a superintendent of construction, whose busi- ness it is to accomplish this end...

Contributor: Kirwin, John Edward
Date: 1910

Image 15 of Shoe factory efficiency, The unnecessarily hard strain that a machine is subjected to when slightly out of order but still run- ning may cripple the efficiency of that machine to an extent often little realized....

Contributor: Kirwin, John Edward
Date: 1910

Image 16 of Shoe factory efficiency, CHAPTER IV. The Productive System. With an eye to efficient factory organization many leading features have already been pointed out and progressive ideas advanced. This part of the treatment has to do...

Contributor: Kirwin, John Edward
Date: 1910

Image 17 of Shoe factory efficiency, It is not necessary to go into the details of tha sheet system. In its main outlines it represents the different case numbers, styles, lasts, patterns, number of pairs, etc., which make...

Contributor: Kirwin, John Edward
Date: 1910

Image 18 of Shoe factory efficiency, of no avail. You cannot have a sheet system for some of the rooms and not for all. A system in operation cannot possibly be greater than any of its component parts...

Contributor: Kirwin, John Edward
Date: 1910

Image 19 of Shoe factory efficiency, factory. Although conditions as thus applied is a rath- er general term, it is thought best to use it rather than to cite concrete instances, which might easily be done. This is...

Contributor: Kirwin, John Edward
Date: 1910

Image 20 of Shoe factory efficiency, CHAPTER V. Specialization. The great tendency towards specialization in the shoe manufacturing business deserves separate treat- ment in this discussion of factory efficiency. The term specialization is sometimes misunderstood. A firm, for...

Contributor: Kirwin, John Edward
Date: 1910

Image 21 of Shoe factory efficiency, suggests a great many possibilities, and, since leather is such a variable factor at its best, it would seem to be a natural evolution as the industry gradually be- comes more solidified....

Contributor: Kirwin, John Edward
Date: 1910

Image 22 of Shoe factory efficiency, chasing department and in the office. Leather and findings of all sorts can no doubt be even more advan- tageously bought in a specialized plant. Less liability of errors in the office...

Contributor: Kirwin, John Edward
Date: 1910

Image 23 of Shoe factory efficiency, CHAPTER VI. Departments. I have already alluded to the matter of careful departmental divisions as a factor in the promotion of general factory efficiency. This subject requires spec- ial treatment, as a...

Contributor: Kirwin, John Edward
Date: 1910

Image 24 of Shoe factory efficiency, cutting room has opened up a great many opportunit- ies that did not previously exist and the possibilities of the new order of things have not begun to be realized. With the...

Contributor: Kirwin, John Edward
Date: 1910

Image 25 of Shoe factory efficiency, the work comes right and where it comes steadily. Of- ten a rearrangement along the lines suggested will help to make conditions more favorable to smooth and steady production. Naturally, however, each...

Contributor: Kirwin, John Edward
Date: 1910

Image 26 of Shoe factory efficiency, CHAPTER VIL Shoe Costs I have tried to emphasize the importance of the fact that each pair of shoes utilizes a certain definite a- m.ount of floor space in moving from cutting...

Contributor: Kirwin, John Edward
Date: 1910

Image 27 of Shoe factory efficiency, is greater in proportion to the advanced price placed on the shoe. It is not wise to attempt to take care of fut- ure market exigencies in fixing the shoe costs. The...

Contributor: Kirwin, John Edward
Date: 1910

Image 28 of Shoe factory efficiency, shoe cosls, but it is not within the province of such a dis- cussion as this to go into specific details, nor would it be wise to do so. In the light...

Contributor: Kirwin, John Edward
Date: 1910

Image 29 of Shoe factory efficiency, CHAPTER VIII. Conclusion In summing up this discussion we are led to be- lieve that the shoe business, as now conducted, is far too lax in methods of production. Compared with oth-...

Contributor: Kirwin, John Edward
Date: 1910

Image 30 of Shoe factory efficiency, saves the manufacturer a great many dollars and pre- vents hirn from loading up on a last that his trade as a whole will not use. Another set of records keeps the...

Contributor: Kirwin, John Edward
Date: 1910

Image 31 of Shoe factory efficiency, the industry. In the light then of what has already been accomplished one cannot help but believe in the possibilities that present themselves. The small fact- ory finds it harder to make...

Contributor: Kirwin, John Edward
Date: 1910

Image 32 of Shoe factory efficiency, THE L. S. Printing Co. SPECIALTY PRINTERS FOR Leather Shoe Industries MILLBURY MASS. OPERATED BY The Leather Shoe Audit System Co. Boston

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Date: 1910

Image 33 of Shoe factory efficiency, H X tn 2 n o r GO H H m :c :z n H n N o -0 H m z H Z D o

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Date: 1910

Image 34 of Shoe factory efficiency, Leather Shoe Audit System Company (Incorporated Massachusetts Laws 1906) Experts on Factory Production and Costs Public Auditors Chas. H. Nichols President Frederic L. Small Treasurer d Manager THINGS WE DO Increase Output...

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Date: 1910

Image 35 of Shoe factory efficiency, One copy del. to Cat. Div. nrr ^2 iPiO

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Date: 1910

Image 37 of Shoe factory efficiency, Facsimile of the title page of a recent book ORGANIZING A SHOE FACTORY By FREDERIC li. SMAIili Manager of The Leather Shoe Audit System Co. Boston Published by E. S. GILE, Treasurer...

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Date: 1910

Image 38 of Shoe factory efficiency, LIBRARY OF CONGRES? 018 457 191 2

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