Proceedings of Annual Convention, Volume 27, Part 1913 |
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Page 221 - I move that the Secretary be instructed to cast the ballot of the Association for the election of the members whose names were proposed by the Council yesterday.
Page 239 - ... should be ever before our eyes, and we should never forget that these must be as surely levied on each particular job as its labor cost. Never, under any circumstances, should the minimum cost plus a fair profit be departed from. We should feel here a double restraint: in the first place, to cut cost is foolish; in the second place, it is wrong. 8. On no account consent to pay commissions to bookkeepers, secretaries, or others who have work to give out. It is demoralizing to both the giver and...
Page 144 - ... buyer may be an exceedingly shrewd trader and may buy very close at times; but he will not always buy the materials best suited to the work, often overbuys or underbuys for lack of definite information, and is frequently tempted by bargain lots that seem cheap but may cost more to use in the shop. The lack of well-organized purchasing results in work progressing to a certain extent through the shop until it is stopped and occupies space waiting for some material which has been overlooked, or...
Page 241 - ... (21) A master printer should always contend that he is entitled, when asked for an estimate, to know the names of all who are to be requested to bid on the work. A glance at the names is often sufficient to show him whether it is worth the trouble to make the necessary calculations. He should also insist upon his right, if he desires it, to know all the prices offered for the work, and to whom and at what price it was awarded.
Page 241 - ... when the estimate fiend is so close upon him — always consoling himself when he loses the job with the thought that if he had encumbered himself with the work at a low figure he would have incapacitated himself from doing what may presently come along at a remunerative rate. "(21) A master printer should always contend that he is entitled, when asked for an estimate, to know the names of all who are to be requested to bid on the work.
Page 241 - His estimated figures should be made on the basis of 1,000 ems, per token, and per pound for paper that he has adopted for his minimum for the class of work, while carefully studying the subject with the figures of his previous year's business before his eyes, and while safely shielded from the exciting influences which arise when the estimate fiend...
Page 239 - ... record them, so that they can be referred -to understandingly, and the information immediately ascertained. (6) No establishment should be satisfied with anything except the most exact and systematic bookkeeping, and all work should be checked up and charges proved before delivery, and the following made a standing rule: Never permit a charge to be entered on the books that cannot be proved by competent evidence in a court of justice to be a fair competitive price. (7) The expense of doing business,...
Page 158 - Under scientific management the efficiency of the worker and machine depends on five other conditions, after assuming that the parts of the management which have to do with purchasing, storage of materials, etc., are well performed. These conditions are: First.
Page 241 - In the conduct of our establishment it should be our constant endeavor to elevate the moral character and ameliorate the financial condition of our workmen who are engaged with us. This interest in their welfare is one of the best methods of preventing strikes and lockouts, which do such untold damage to both the proprietor and the journeyman. 24. While it should be the firm and unalterable determination of every printer not to be dictated to by labor organizations when their demands are unfair,...
Page 158 - takes too long; but to train men for functional foremanship by selecting the best man fitted to do the particular function and then training him in that, is simply one kind of division of labor which has marked the progress of civilization. The execution of work which is largely repetition, where the individual processes are simple, reaches a very high efficiency in many systematized plants. The difficulties in securing efficiency increase as the work becomes more varied and with less proportion...