We know of but one way to offset this feeling, and that is by a carefully thought-out system of tallying, so that each item that passes through the workroom will be accompanied by a voucher that shows correctly all details of the work performed.
Briefly enumerated, the points to be covered in a system are about as follows:
1. A careful check on every item of material directly or indirectly supplied to the workroom.
2. A careful charging-up in the workroom of every item consumed in the completion of the work.
3. A serial numbered sheet for each workroom order, which is filed and indexed on the completion of the work.
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4. All goods taken from the department for use in the workroom should be duly accepted, measured, checked and receipted for by the head of the workroom and the receipt immediately deposited in the office.
5. All goods received from the workroom should be examined by the salesman whose order they are, and all surplus goods checked and receipted for by him.
6. All goods taken to the workroom should be accompanied by fullest written instructions, and work should not be commenced until the instructions are accepted by the head of the workroom.