FRANK BUNKER GILBRETH (1868 - 1924)Frank Bunker Gilbreth was a proponent of Taylorism and a pioneer of time-motion studies. With his wife and collaborator, Lillian Moller Gilbreth, he sought to understand the work habits of industrial employees and to find ways to increase their output. Frank and her wife had established a successful industrial engineering consulting system which they offered as an alternative to Frederick W. Taylor's better known system of shop management. Frank had first developed his ideas about how to eliminate wasteful motions and unnecessary fatigue from jobs during his early years as a building contractor. By studying the motions of the most efficient workers, he had begun to systematize his methods for identifying the "one best way" to do any job.
Much of Gilbert’s success came from his incessant serach for efficiancy. He noticed that individuals did not always use the same motions in performing their works. By improving their efficiency, he could eliminate worker fatigue and produce more with less effort. This allowd him to bid loweroncontracts and finish projects more quickly than other builders. Among his construction improvements were new scalefolds for bricklayers, beter conveyors and more effective concrete mixers. Gilbreth was the first to use a “cost plus fixed fee” contract. Now common in the construction industry, the contract encouraged efficient and timely construction.
Resources
Graham, Laurel. “Lillian Gilbreth and the Mental Revolution at Macy's, 1925-1928”. Journal of Management History. Vol 6(7), 2000.
Karwatka, Dennis. “Frank Gilbreth and Production Efficiency”. Tech Directions. Vol 65(6), 2006.
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