. Electric railway journal . of all manufactured material. This was done todetermine whether it was more economical to manufac-ture specific items in stock than to purchase them in theopen market. At the same time it eliminated the pos-sibility of errors in charging material such as fre-quently occur when charges are made directly againsta lot number. In other words, it was a check against the manufacturing efficiency of the shop and would de-termine whether it was possible to effect further econo-mies. Under the new system, all orders for stock manufac-tures are made out by the stores departm
. Electric railway journal . of all manufactured material. This was done todetermine whether it was more economical to manufac-ture specific items in stock than to purchase them in theopen market. At the same time it eliminated the pos-sibility of errors in charging material such as fre-quently occur when charges are made directly againsta lot number. In other words, it was a check against the manufacturing efficiency of the shop and would de-termine whether it was possible to effect further econo-mies. Under the new system, all orders for stock manufac-tures are made out by the stores department, whichassigns each a shop order number. After these ordersare approved by the superintendent of rolling stock, theorder is turned over to the planning department, wherea card record is made of the shop order number, inter- im li S (.114) Copj«I Ho Vi * 114! (.1H). Electric Uy Journal Milwaukee Efficiency Engineering—Typical Drawing Ac-companying Operation Card department order number, the lot number charge,amount to be manufactured, description of item and thedate of the order. Space is also left on this card recordfor entering the estimated cost of the item as furnishedby the purchasing department and from past records,and for pay-roll charges against the order, so that whenthe card record is complete the estimated cost as com-pared with the actual cost is available. In case thework has been standardized the operating time cardsare made out for each order. At the same time a blueprint of the article is ob-tained from the drafting room, from which requisi-tions on the stores department for the different shopdepartments can be made from the bill of materialsshown there. In case no print is available, an estimateof the material required is made, and a requisition isissued accordingly. If the shops find that the mate-rial estimate is not correct
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