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plan. Each of these departments had one clerk. Besides these there 

 were 8 employees, consisting of the manager, cashier, 2 checkers, 1 

 clerk in charge of the parcel-checking room where customers were 

 required to check all parcels they brought into the store before being 

 allowed to make their purchases, 1 clerk putting up package goods, 

 1 stock clerk, and 1 information clerk. All of these clerks were 

 women, with the exception of the manager, who was also the pro- 

 l^rietor. 



(4) The store's sales averaged $700 per day for the first five days 

 of the week and were $2,200 on Saturday, making the week's total 

 $5,700. This volume was handled bv onlv 4 men throuirhout the week. 



Fig. 14. — Exit iu large self-serve store. At the counter the customers' selections are 

 checked, paid for, and wrapped. 



This exceptional showing was made only through a very efficient 

 organization. Three exits were used, with only one clerk at each. 

 If the customers in the store were of sufficient number to require only 

 one exit in ojperation the other two were closed and the clerks imme- 

 diately went back to work on the stock. Thus the number of exits 

 used was varied with the number of customers in the store, thereby 

 utilizing the full time of all the employees. Of couse, each Saturday 

 night the stock was much depleted and the most of the work for the 

 first five days of the next week consisted of restocking the shelves for 

 the next Saturday. 



(5) The store's sales were $8,000 for the week. There were 12 

 employees, consisting of 3 men and a boy keeping the stock up, 2 



