Unit6 San set out to improve efficiency at the shirt factory but
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San set out to improve efficiency at the shirt factory but, as we find out later in this unit, his plans turned out not quite as he had expected. Sam Adams, Industrial Engineer
If you ask my mother how I happened to become an industrial engineer, she'll tell you that I have always been one.
She means that I have always wanted everything to be well organized and neat. When I was still in elementary school, I liked to keep my socks in the upper left-hand drawer of my bureau, my underwear in the upper right drawer, shirts in the middle drawer, and pants, neatly folded, in the bottom drawer.
In fact, I was the efficiency expert for the whole family. I used to organize my father's tools, my mother's kitchen utensils, my sister's boyfriends.
I needed to be efficient. I wanted to be well organized. For me, there was a place for everything and everything was always in its place. These qualities gave me a good foundation for a career in industrial engineering.
Unfortunately, I was also a bit bossy and I wasn't a very good listener. You'll see what I mean when I tell you about the first project I ever did after I finished my bachelor's degree at the university.
After graduation I returned home to my small town in Indiana. I didn't have a job yet. Mr. Hobbs, a friend of my father's, owned a small shirt factory in town. Within the past five years it had grown from twenty to eighty workers. Mr. Hobbs was worried that his plant was getting too big and inefficient, so he asked me to come in on a short-term basis as a consultant.
I went to the plant and spent about a week looking around and making notes. I was really amazed at what I saw.
Most curious of all, there was no quality control whatsoever. No one inspected the final product of the factory. As a result some of the shirts that were put in boxes for shipment were missing one or two buttons, the collar, even a sleeve sometimes!
The working conditions were poor. The tables where the workers sat were very high and uncomfortable. Except for a half hour at lunchtime, there were no breaks in the day to relieve the boring work. There was no music. The walls of the workrooms were a dull gray color. I was amazed that the workers hadn't gone on strike.
Furthermore, the work flow was irregular. There was one especially absent-minded young man in the assembly line who sewed on buttons. After a while I recognized him as \the shifts were held up at his position. Workers beyond him in line on his shift had to wait with nothing to do; therefore, a great deal of time and efficiency were lost as Big Jim daydreamed while he worked. All week I wondered why he wasn't fired.
After I made observations for a week, Mr. Hobbs asked me for an oral report of my findings. I covered my major points by telling him the following:
\product.\
\energy can be saved.\
\comfortably.\
\the factory will be much more productive.\
\will be more efficient.\
\greater incentive to produce.\
Mr. Hobbs thanked me for this report and told me he would talk over my suggestions with his brother, the co-owner and manager of the factory. \here,\
He also gave me a check for $ 100 and a box of shirts with his compliments.
NEW WORDS
efficiency
n. the state or quality of being efficient 效率 industrial a. of industry 工业的 neat
a. orderly and clean 整洁的
elementary
a. of or for beginners 初等的,初级的 sock n. 短袜
drawer n. 抽屉
bureau
n. a chest of drawers for bedroom use 衣柜 underwear n. 内衣
pants n. trousers
expert
n. a person with special knowledge or skill 专家,能手 kitchen
n. room used for cooking 厨房
utensil
n. any tool or container used in the house, esp. for cooking 用具,器皿 quality
n. the degree of goodness which a thing or a person possesses 质量;品质 foundation n. 基础
career
n. profession; way of making a living 职业;生涯 engineering n. 工程学;管理 unfortunately ad. 不幸的是;遗憾的是
bossy
a. always telling other people what to do and how to do it, like a boss 爱指挥人的;专横的
project
n. a piece of work; a big plan 项目;方案
bachelor
n. a person who had the first university degree 学士 graduation
n. completion of an educational course 毕业 graduate vi.
short-term
a. involving or lasting a short period of time 短期的 basis n. 基础;根据
consultant
n. a person who gives professional or technical advice 顾问 consult v.
amaze
vt. fill with great surprise or wonder 使大为惊讶,使惊愕 curious a. strange 奇怪的
whatsoever
a. of any kind, at all 任何的,丝毫的 inspect vt. examine 检查
shipment
n. the act of wending, carrying or delivering goods 装运。运送 miss vt. be without; lack
button n. 钮扣
collar n. 领子
sleeve n. 袖子
relieve
vt. make less or easier 减轻
boring
a. uninteresting and tiresome 令人厌烦的
workroom
n. a room specially kept for working in 工场(间) dull
a. not bright or clear 阴暗的
flow
n. a smooth steady movement or supply 流(动) work flow a. 工作流程
irregular
n. uneven; not continuous 不规则的,不稳定的
regular n.
absent-minded
a. so concerned with one's thoughts as not to notice what is happening, what one doing, etc. 心不在焉
absent a. not present
inspection
n. the act of examining (sth.) closely or in detail 检查 assembly n. 组装;集会
assemble v.
assembly line n. 装配线
shift n. 班;轮班
daydream
v. have pleasant dreamlike thoughts (about) 做白日梦,空想 fire
vt. make (sb.) leave his job 解雇 observation
n. the act of watching carefully 观察 observe vt.
observe n.
oral
a. spoken, not written 口(头)的
findings
n. the results of any research or enquiry 调查(或研究)的结果 major
a. important 较大的;主要的 redesign vt. 重新设计
design vt. 设计
achieve
vt. get by effort (经努力)得到;实现 decrease
vt. make smaller or fewer 减少
worktable
n. a table at which work is done 工作台 operator
n. a person who makes sth. work 操作人员 operate vt.
management n. 资方;管理(部门) background n. 背景
beautify
vt. make beautiful 美化,装饰 setting n. surroundings 环境
productive
a. producing much; able to produce 多产的;富有成效的 frequent a. happening often 频繁的 promotion n. 提升;促进
promote vt.
incentive n. 刺激
suggestion
n. an idea or plan put forward for people to think about 建议 co-owner n. a joint owner 共同所有者
manager
n. a person responsible for running a section of a business 经理 compliments
n. formal respects or greetings;贺词;问候
PHRASES & EXPRESSIONS find out
learn or discover 查明;发现
turn out
happen to be or found be in the end 结果是
quality control
the activity of checking that products are all of satisfactory standard and quality, usu. by testing samples of them 质量控制(管理) as a result
because of 作这结果,因此
except for
apart from; with the exception of 除了...外 go on strike
refuse go continue working 罢工 hold up
delay 延迟,耽搁;阻碍
result in
have as a result; cause 结果是;导致 talk over discuss 商量;讨论
keep up with
go or move as fast as 跟上 PEOPER NAMES San Adams 萨姆.亚当斯
Indiana 印第安纳(美国州名) Hobbs 霍布斯(姓氏)
find out
learn or discover 查明;发现
turn out
happen to be or found be in the end 结果是
quality control
the activity of checking that products are all of satisfactory standard and quality, usu. by testing samples of them 质量控制(管理) as a result
because of 作这结果,因此
except for
apart from; with the exception of 除了...外 go on strike
refuse go continue working 罢工 hold up
delay 延迟,耽搁;阻碍
result in
have as a result; cause 结果是;导致 talk over discuss 商量;讨论
keep up with
go or move as fast as 跟上 PEOPER NAMES San Adams 萨姆.亚当斯
Indiana 印第安纳(美国州名) Hobbs 霍布斯(姓氏)
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