Bethlehem Steel Co., 48, 52-56; comparison of older methods with modern plan, 59; quickest time, 59; for hand work, 111-113; for operations done by machines, 111, 113; advantages of, 148; difficulties of, 149; made by Mr. Thompson, 150; implements of, developed by Mr. Thompson, 150-154; note sheet, 151-158; watch book, 152 153; atop watch, 155; of several men at once, 158; formulæ in, 138, 162. 163, 165; assembling; sheet, 160, 161; table for shoveling earth in average contract work, 164; every detail necessary in, 165, 166; practical trials of results desirable in, 106; should lead to accurate prediction of time, 167, 168, 174; subdivision of job into units, 168-172; classes of work which can be submitted to, 176, 177; need of literature on the subject, 177; for machine toots, methods employed in, 178, 176; in Midvale Steel Co., 179-182; pay, etc, best determined by, 187.
Tools, desirability of standardizing, 123-126; machine, methods employed in solving the problem for, 178, 179.
Towne, Henry R., 5; The Engineer as an Economist, 5; mnemonic system of order numbers amplified by, 201.
Towne-Halsey system of management, described, 38-42, 59; and task system compared, 42; writer approves the plan of, 39, 81.
Training and selecting of men, 138-143.
Transportation, time study for, 111-113.
Trusts, component companies of, built up through especial ability of one or two men, 17.
Typewriting-machine, 8.
Union men, how to deal with, 191-194.
Unions, labor, 186-194.
Unit times, study of. See Time Study.
Vauclain, Mr., of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, his apprentice system, 202.
Vise work, time study for, 111-113.
Wadleigh, A. B., 54.
Wage, minimum, 190.
Wages, for first-class men, 25-27: should be regulated to fit special work, 28.
Ward, Artemus, quoted, 70.
Watch book, 152, 153.
Welfare work, 199, 200.
White, J. Maunsel, part discoverer of the Taylor-White process treating tool steel, 124.
Workman, and employer, interests should be mutual, 20; and employer, relations between, 21, 182-188; average and first-class, 24; should be given highest class of work for which he is fitted, 28; 29; should be called upon to do his best, 28, 29; should be paid according to his work, 29; loafing and systematic soldiering, 30-34; objection to piece work, 34; under contract system, 35; in military type of organization, 99; in functional management, 99, 100; and use of time card, 127, 128; must be brought to see what change in organisation means, 131, 132; instruction of, as regards reorganization, 132, 135; must rise from one plane of efficiency to another, 133, 134; looks upon change as antagonistic to his interests, 137; different types of men should be chosen, 141-143; his mistake in limiting amount of work, 138, 189; needs proper object lessons, 195: the disciplining of, 195-199. See Union men.
