Show What Analysis Has as Done one I For Modern I By H. H J. J Barrett V Every man makes mistakes said a a. successful executive the other day but its it's the man who doesn't make the same mistake twice who wins Most men keep on making the same mistake all their lives It seems to me that of all department departments departments depart depart- ments ment of commercial progress greater strides have been made in this direction direction tion the elimination of mistake repetition repetition tion in the past ten or fifteen years than In any other Searching analysis applied to all branches of business is rapidly elevating commerce to the plane of an exact science Talk to an efficiency expert for ex examplE ex- ex ample Hell He'll tell you of thousands of mistakes negative mistakes which have been made daily for tor a a. generation or more in great manufacturing plants I Analysis has disclosed these mistakes with the result that In many cases output output out out- put hia has increased per cent with a 50 LiO per cent reduction of the payroll For a century mistakes have been made in the tile conversion of fuel into steam Tests covering scores of plants have demonstrated that out o oJ of every three tons of coal burned under the boilers of this country's manufacturing ing lug plants one was wasted Many factors contributed to this result In Incomplete Incomplete In- In complete combustion too much air all too thick or t too o thin a fuel bed the wrong kind of coal all these faults existed and no one thought of remedying them Today a steam engineer can step into your plant and by a thorough analysis combined with exhaustive tests cut your fuel bill perhaps 20 or 30 JO per cent with no reduction of steam pro pro- Another case of mistake w whIch should not be repeated Suppose you have a new food prod pod which you wish to sampling campaign Which is the thai le t b method to merely distrIbute T p samples from door 10 to door to foil to foil this plan pian but to com combine nine it with witt sales talk to the housewife or tribute your samples sample through g cers Analysis has proved the first method will wm result in theof the the- of one orte package of your our prod product producer second will vill sell three a and nd the third sell ten packages So theres there's a ml which it is no longer necessary make f I For years plants operated with it I II cost systems Consequently in 5 sub I ting bids for conti contracts icis the he bam sami sam takes Were made year e u after yea efficient cost system which Is Isme me I Ian an analysis of or your expenses en b Y you U t tp to apportion them e nates nates- tile danger o of bidding too too low I Advertising a fir Id fic-Id Id in m whIch n a is spent country offers another tJ I value of analysis 1 Formerly 01 merly ads lets sales letters letter and other adv advel Ing literature were prepared and nd f with the hope that the plan copy were the lie best hest for the pur Now in campaigns campaign of If any mabl magni G perhaps a dozen a ads s or case may be are prepared te teste t small units and the results ca car carett tabulated and analyzed eil Then best a ai or letter is applied scale Another case o of avo mistakes V Fifty years ears agu ato business guessed guessed we we know They succeed d I I spite of constant i repetition of the he mistake We don ont dont t make male the same take more than once And I willing to learn by the other man mau t we dont don't make it j |