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VOLUME II

Purchasing and Stores DepartmentBy James B. GriffithPage [11]
Lists of Dealers—Catalogue Filing and Indexing—Special Quotations—DepartmentRoutine—Requisitions—Purchase Orders—Receipts and Invoices—TheStores Department—Organization—Taking Inventory—Installing a StoresSystem—Record Files—Materials and Supplies—Parts and Finished Stores—Machineryand Equipment Records
Records of Labor and Manufacturing OrdersBy James B. GriffithPage [65]
Labor Records—Wage Systems—Day Wage—Piece Rates—Premium Systems—EfficiencySystems—Time-Keeping Systems—Time Clocks—ProductionTime Records—Time Cards—Mechanical Time Recorders—Piece-Work Records—ProductionOrders—Shop Orders—Order Register—Tracing the Order
General ExpenseBy Chas. E. HathawayPage [127]
Expense Distribution—True Cost—Selling Expense—Methods of Distribution—TheMan-Hour-Rate Method—The Machine-Hour-Rate Method—The PercentageMethod—Productive and Non-Productive Labor—Expense and ProductionCost Ledgers—Departmental Expenses—General Expense—How to UsePercentages—Operating Expense Statements—What the Statement ShouldShow—Comparative Figures—General Expense Statements—Charts
Cost SummariesBy James B. GriffithPage [165]
Collecting Cost Data—Material Cost Records—Labor Cost—Job Cost—ComparativeCost Records—By-Products—Production Records—Controlling Accounts
Machine-Shop ManagementBy Oscar E. PerrigoPage [193]
Methods of Modern Manufacturing—Organization of Manufacturing Plant—OfficialCommunications—Successful Management—Shop Methods and Records—TheEmployment Agency—Time Keeping—Time Cards—Paying Employes—ProductionOrders—Plant Orders—Storing and Issuing Stock and Materials
Cost-Analysis EngineeringBy R. T. Dana and
H. P. Gillette
Page [251]
The Science of Management—Subdivision of Duties—Cost Getting—Punch-Cards—CostDistribution—Process Cost Subdivision—Output—Checking upCharts—Cost Reduction—Bonus System—Labor Saving Devices—ChronologicalCharts
Review Questions Page [319]
Index Page [331]

SHOP OFFICE, WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY