Applied Motion Study: A Collection of Papers on the Efficient Method to Industrial Preparedness

by Frank Bunker Gilbreth

Excerpt from Applied Motion A Collection of Papers on the Efficient Method to Industrial Preparedness

This book aims -

1. To describe Motion Study as applied to various fields of activity.

2. To outline the principles and practice of Motion Study in such a way as to make possible its application in any and all kinds of work.

Motion Study is a means to permanent and practical waste elimination, - hence a prerequisite to efficient preparedness that shall be adequate, constructive and cumulative.

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278 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1989

About the author

Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr. was an early advocate of scientific management and a pioneer of motion study, and is perhaps best known as the father and central figure of Cheaper by the Dozen.