325 'PRODUCTIVITY is right on the tip of my tongue' says the Cobbler When a cobbler soles a pair of shoes, he puts 15 or 20 tacks in his mouth, and slips them forward one at a time with his tongue instead of picking them out from a bowl. There's no fumbling or waste of time. Effort is saved and the job is better done. The cobbler's trick is a homely example of 'raising productivity'—getting more done in less time by finding labour-saving ideas and shorter cuts. It is a method by which we can increase the nation's output in spite of our shortage of men, machines, and equipment.
- Collection ID
- HATOM
- Document Reference
- HATOM/3/257
- Document Types
- Ephemera
- File Reference
- HATOM/3
- Identifier
- 10.1080/wtss.hatom.000003.257
- Keywords
- Clothing Consumer Goods Employment Exports Imports Industrial Production Industry Labour Supply Overseas Trade Productivity Raw Materials Wages
- 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
- Themes
- Industry Infrastructure Labour Supply Relations Wages Cost of Living
