Part I: The Job 



FABRICATING MATERIALS 



Section I 

 < oininuous Industries 



I feels the 

 Handled. We have considered ma- 

 terials as they directly concern the work of the 

 foreman, from the first requisitioning, through 

 nw stores, and the movement through the plant, 

 to inspection and shipment. It is obvious that 

 the detailed operations used in manufacturing 

 materials are so diverse that it would be impos- 

 sible to take them up here. It may be advan- 

 tageous, however, to consider how the nature of 

 the materials affects the way they arc handled 

 and the types of plant and buildings used. If a 

 foreman looks beyond his own particular prob- 

 lems to some of the broader ones which the 

 management must consider, he will work more in- 

 telligently and will realize better the part he pi 



Successful industrial plants and buildings must 

 be suited to their own special needs. Their lay- 

 out and design are controlled mainly by the move- 

 ment of the materials. The various manufactur- 

 ing operations have become pretty well defined 

 standardized for any one industry. For in- 

 cc, competing firms manufacturing the same 

 kind of cloth will be using practically the same 

 processes and types of machinery. A firm may 



