Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1916-11-19 | Page 36 | Modern Merhod Reduces Waste

MODERN METHOD REDUCES WASTE Inspectors III in Studebaker Factories s Aid in Conserving rr ing Materials and Labor Q To j That the manufacture of ot automobIles automobiles automo- automo biles J has all been revolutionized is now an nn acknowledged and generally known wn m fact tact fact and nowhere are r the changed methods more In evidence e than in tho the system of oC Inspection which Is employed employed em em- loyod b by some of ot the tho Industry's largest largest larg larh est cst producers The Tho biggest benefit of f tho the thorough Inspection methods in vogue at the great Studebaker factories is that thc they eliminate wasteS waste or to put it another ther wa way they permit of ot greater manufacturing manufacturing turing economies economics In the earlier stages of automobile manufacturing for instance the scrap heaps at the various factories contained contained con con- tamed many parte parts in an advanced stage of or construction In other words word there was no Inspection of t these parts in the e the earlier stages es which enabled a defective detec- detec I tive tivo part to go from one department to another while manufacturing costs mounted only to o have the finished part discarded In the final Inal sta stage o. o By contrast with this inefficient method the system employed at the Studebaker plant plants consisting of many Inspections Insures accuracy and saves manufacturing costs by preventing parts that fail tall to tt measure up to from passing a a. single opera- opera t i From the time the engineers engineers' drawings draw draw- raw raw- i ings are made the Studebaker Inspection tion system is la In force Armed with definite specifications from the ent en- en t Inspectors are sent Bent to every evon t po source of or supply and nothing Is accepted accepted accepted ac- ac until approved by Studebaker Inspectors at these sources An Any error I in producing raw material instance I Is corrected before an n ounce of that material is accepted ted The Studebaker inspectors next tackle material as soon as it reaches the fac- fac 1 tories A portion of ot each consignment Is taken and put in tho the laboratories where tho the engineers' engineers specifications must be bo met or the shipments turned back Again expense is saved sayed because the tho trouble is stopped st before it happenS happenS' hap hap- pens penS' Such methods and instruments of ot inI in- in I stand as one of ot the wonders of ot modern motor car manufacturing and they are lre largely responsible for tor tho the accuracy which is ts toda today possible in quantity automobile production J