Show 10 11 EKY where produced cars ia in 1013 1913 today men are producing at the rate of care cars annually such Is the record in efficiency that has been obtained in the studebaker ker factories between 1913 and tie tle present date as experts visiting t th liv e plants have observed a veritable transformation has talen place one of the wonders of the automo bc he industry has been beer the advent of large arzo production which brought with it the advantages of quantity dur purchasing at lower price and nude made ad unable the introduction af of machines that were ex expensive in fire coat au but more than paid for themselves within a year in the savings they ciccol ed quantity production such it vt t V e corporation employs not only permits ts of loner loser prices but aso better values the oer overhead bead is fiul cut aown due duo to tac RT act fc ten ad t 13 tributes tri buted over great gumbei of cars the overlund on the cost of buildt building ng the present studebaker Stude biker bilcer models has been reduced to a low figure being 60 50 per cena cen of what it was three year ago with thia tho lovering lo vering qt ove rheid id costs has come coule abour a it rise in t abo percentage of materials the cost fr material is 70 76 per cent of the tot cotil d cost of building the iker car a high tio nuda made possible by big production reduced overhead ose and the introduction of efficiency methods undreamed undre of a few fo wears cars ago a g 0 increasing the capacity of the Stude studebaker liter biker plants his lowered labor IA L t but the big item has ben been the Ivin of overhead expense by the ithe elimination of nonproductive labor the interesting thing thine to the man mau investing in an automobile is how much and direct labor he lie is ri getting says J G aslet vice president in chire chir e of en engineering ineer ht and production of Studebaker the debaker corporation these are really the items that are of the greatest value to him the overhead expense gives him nothing and neither does the selling expense though both are necessary ces sary by reason of greatly in creased production and careful methods we have brought up the items that count for most and hivo h vu re deuced everything else to a minimum |