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productivity solves a knotty problem

1 Jan 1949

329 PRODUCTIVITY solves a knotty Few men can sew a button on without making heavy weather of the job, taking long slow pulls at the needle and tangling the thread at every stitch. Why? Because they use a long thread, thinking it will save time. Tailors know better. They use short thread. It doesn't catch. Short, quick movements are easy on the arm and make a firmer job. Finding a way of getting any job done more quickly and effectively without using more effort or material is called 'increasing productivity.
Collection ID
HATOM
Document Reference
HATOM/3/261
Document Types
Ephemera
File Reference
HATOM/3
Identifier
10.1080/wtss.hatom.000003.261
Keywords
Clothing Employment Exports Food Supplies Imports Industrial Production Industry Labour Supply Overseas Trade Productivity Raw Materials
Language
English
Note
In the case of the advertising collections, the Government Department War Cabinet" has also been applied to materials released under the imprint of "HM Government" during the period 1945-1951."
Pages
1
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
History of Advertising Trust: O&M wartime book no 3
Themes
Industry Infrastructure Labour Supply Relations