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SELECTING  GIRLS  AS  ASSEMBLERS
Quantity  production,  as  it  is  being  carried  on  to-day,
May  be  roughly  divided  into  three  parts:  first,  manufacture, ­
  which  consists  of  the  actual  work,  machine  or  hand
w ork,  required  to  bring  certain  materials  to  the  desired
dimensions;  secondly,  inspection,  which  consists  of  the
w atch  which  is  kept  upon  each  part  in  the  process  of  manufacture ­
  in  order  to  detect  any  flaws  which  might  occur;
thirdly,  assembling,  which  consists  of  putting  together  the
Manufactured  parts  into  the  finished  product,  the  final
goal  of  the  productive  process.  In  times  past,  these  three
Phases  were  combined,  for  the  craftsman  was  manufacturer, ­
  inspector,  and  assembler  all  in  one.  However,  the
division  of  labor  has  separated  the  productive  process
into  these  general  functions.  And  it  is  probably  safe  to
sa y  that  no  matter  how  far  this  division  is  carried  and  how
tefined  the  methods  of  manufacturing  become,  these  three
general  functions  will  remain.  There  will  always  be  neces-Sar
 y  a  large  class  of  machine  operators  and  bench  hands,
shaping  the  actual  materials.  There  must  always  be  inspectors ­
  to  inspect  the  work  done  both  by  machines  and
h Y  hand  at  every  step  of  the  manufacturing  process.  And
there  will  always  be  assemblers  who  put  together  the  competed ­
  parts  and  who  make  those  slight  adjustments
Much  are  necessary  at  the  end  of  every  fabricating  process
  no  matter  how  perfect  it  may  be.
In  conducting  these  experiments,  it  was  inevitable
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