“There is no waste of any kind in the world that equals the waste from needless, ill-directed and ineffective motions, and their resulting unnecessary fatigue.”

Source: "Motion Study as an Increase of National Wealth," 1915, p. 96

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American industrial engineer 1868–1924

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“There is no waste of any kind in the world that equals the waste from needless, ill-directed and ineffective motions, and their resulting unnecessary fatigue.”

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