Section IV 

 Orderly Arrangement 



il Is Ordcrf Twent\ art ago, the 



average shop did not have a very orderly way of 

 getting the materials to the worker and of seeing 

 that the tools .; pment were placed so that 



there would be no lost motion and no crossing and 

 recrossing of the paths. 



Order is the fitting together of the parts so that 

 they work to the same end without confusion and 

 i as little waste as possible. This sounds much 

 the same as efficiency, but efficiency deals with the 

 actual amount of work done in proportion to the 

 amount which should be done with the same equip- 

 ment. 



Order is concerned with the arrangements for 

 making efficiency the regular program. If we are 

 to fit together the parts of the factory and all the 

 operations of the plant so that they will function 

 .ut confusion, then it is necessary to know 

 what these parts are and what the operations are. 

 The same thing is true of all the different lines of 

 endeavor that are a part of our industrial acti\ 



Foreman Is Responsible for the Order of 

 Work. The man who has the responsibility 

 for any department of industry or any set of oper- 

 ations must understand the way in which each in- 

 dividual operation or each activity fits into the 

 running of the department, and he is responsible 

 for the order of his work just as he is responsible 



