78 Materials and Their Handling 



his duty to sec that the trucker, laborer, or trans- 

 portation department is on the job and that the 

 material is moved. If tools or broken down ma- 

 chines are causing the hold-up, he must repair 

 them or promptly notify the persons responsible, 

 and keep after them until the equipment is re- 

 paired. If the trouble is inadequacy of equip- 

 ment, he should impress this on his immedate 

 superior and secure definite action, if possible. If 

 there is lack of help, he is responsible for securing 

 it. By any and every proper means, he should 

 work early and late to eliminate delays, most of 

 which occur between operations. These delays 

 mean either a smaller output or that larger quan- 

 tities of material must be continually in process 

 to get the output desired. These larger quan- 

 tities mean a greater investment, on which inter- 

 est must be paid or accounted for. Money invested 

 in stock on hand does not meet payrolls and the 

 history of industry contains a large percentage of 

 failures due to too much "dead stock.'* 



Handle the materials efficiently and you have 

 taken a long step toward becoming a thoroughly 

 efficient foreman. 



