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ot shop vMD.i. nons and I one \\ ho must 



make these conditions right. To do so will call 

 Ming less than the best there is in him 

 esight, close watching, and prompt- 

 ness in action. In large plants some of the plan- 

 ning may be done for the foreman, but that plan- 

 ning cannot be made thoroughly effect ; iout 



his cooperation and support. 



In a well ordered shop, the material and 

 rcqu r the job immediately in hand will be 



\\hcrc they arc needed, in proper condition, ami 

 in sufficient quantity to cover ordinary contin- 

 gencies. The materials will be ready, also, for the 

 next job, and succeeding jobs will be "lined < 

 in the order of their importance. The material 

 required for each job will be procured sufficiently 

 in advance to make delay of production impossible. 

 The foreman of such a shop will sleep nights; he 

 will run his job and not let the job run him. 



to Remember in Purchasing. In any in- 

 dustry large enough to employ foremen, the mate- 

 rial needed will be obtained through a purcha 

 irtment. In the smaller plants this may be a 

 idual. In larger ones it may run into 

 a complicated organi/ ation. No well run plant 

 .id tolerate the \ nous purchasing of ma- 



terial. It would "go broke" if it did. Skillful pur- 

 ing requires that the buyer should get : 



a. Lowest prices, 



b. 'e tjual : 



