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November, 1910 "TAE MARINE. REVIEW 429 ORGANIZATION OF A NAVY YARD SAIL LOFT AND FLAG SHOP vf ROSS NIK N PREVIOUS: artic p AN cles in THE Marine Review', I have de- scribed the organi- zation of some navy yard shops in which at least some of the principles of scien- tific management have been followed. NO. WANTED +400. RTT crn. _ Cove rne Ve eS By Hortpen A. Evans? In the sail loft, awnings, hammocks, sails, coaling bags, clothes bags and similar canvas work, are manufactured and repaired. In the flag shop, flags of all nations, curtains, table cloths, table linen and similar. work, are man- ufactured and repaired. 'In the' sail loft skilled sailmakers are employed at $4.50 per day, very JOB.ORDER Nd, 46" -7P BIR, DAD. £02. FF. tse F~/O BPE A) Vint OD Teor aes MAT. ORDER ! rere RECEIVED eh MAT. : TOTALLL IEE: 7 PART © [ROUTE| OPERATION {CHECK NO [ISBUED] COM>. JHOURS Tome. ¢ _! ler ur Fre Maren ft.| BBQs [se eer oo L< |Ovpcowie STIten | S39P _|\9-76 ee SAB Gan RPE &SiuisH-L0 Tego BBP |\ 5-29 | 6-# 1 ee 5 i ae 1 wees ee ae | SS Core (he ee ee ol Ma er b dan ee en (LO | " 6-@ 49 --- Pig, 1---Rourre Swzer. THIs 1s AN ENVELOPE AND SERVES AS A FiLtiInc POCKET FOR THE INSTRUCTION CARDS. In this article will be described. the organization of two shops, the prod- uct of which is somewhat unusual. The results which have been obtained in these shops by better methods are far 'beyond expectations. -- *Naval Constructor, U. S. Navy. *Marine Review, Sept., 1910. MFG. DEPT NO 223 CHECK Ne a L J __JOB ORDER No. CeAz SNE JOAGS SOO LDS ISSUEDCS -- 2eS_19/0_ CoMPLETED_G~ 2-1 per oi INSTRUCTIONS Soa Lb ! ARTICLE. O ~ ----_____.... 264-02 few of whom have worked with ma- chines, and all work was previously done by hand. In the flag shop are employed women at $2.25 per day, neatly all. of whom afe expert ma- chine hands, and a great part of the output is machine work. In these two shops the character of MFG DEPT NO 229 CHECK No. PIO GS ARTICLE__72. 0 - IssuED_V>72 Bufoot 19 42 COMPLETED_<4 - 7 19/0 By Me Geeacd LT: Mor SORE Loe LE Foe LK the labor differs greatly, yet the same organization and the: same system of work has been followed. and excellent results obtained in both shops. Volume of Work Necessary. The steel makers seck to increase tonnage to enable them to increase efficiency and reduce costs. For the same reason government shops require more work to maintain efficiency, which has been improved by better methods. In a commercial shop' in- creased efficiency lowers costs, and enables selling costs to be shared a sufficient amount to bring more business and keep the plant fully occupied, and the workmen who have assisted in reducing the costs are assured a steady: job. Not so im a government plant. There is no in- crease of work on account of reduc- tion in costs, and this the employes fully understand. They know. that, generally speaking, the quantity of the work will be the same whether the cost be high or low, and they view every change which tends towards efficiency as a factor which may work "them out of a job. This is one of the reasons why government plants with splendid equipment cannot compete with private plants with poor equip- ment. It is the chief reason why it is so difficult for a navy yards manager to build up an efficient shop organiza- tion. I have experienced these conditions in every shop where .a serious effort has been made to improve the efficien- cy. In fact, I have usually found that ~ when a navy yard shop is thoroughly studied and systematized that the out- 26/f.-PRR. JOB ORDER No. Cov2sv¢ TIPES - GO0-2es.- INSTRUCTIONS os oo Cote, goth Ze Z -- DATE RT, | HR. DATE RT. | HR. RT. | HR. DATE - = 2 lee | } ' 1 «if Fic. 2--INsTRUCTION J-J0 'DATE Carp-IssuED TO THE WORKMAN. DATE | RT HR. DATE RT lye DATE RT | HR. DATE RT. | HR. RT. | HR. DATE RT. | HR. DATE: a RT | HR. 7st ale | Si7a |e le SSF |u|? | | | | | | Ca ro r Fic. 3--Instruction Carp IssuED TO THE WORKMAN.