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position Record as one of their own records because of its value to
them as a statistical record of production. Some of these manufactu
ers never had such a record before, never knew what their production
actually was, and had no means of comparing their present production
with that of-any past period.

Some manufacturers depended upon the cutting foreman to record the
.production on some scrap of paper or other informal record. Produc-
tion figures thus depended upon the foreman' s accuracy, his memory,
his arithmetic, or his veracity. Now that there must be a label for
each handbag, these manufacturers have accurate figures to which th
can refer at any time.

Some manufacturers use the Label Disposition Record as a physical
inventory control over their slqo and as a method of preventing -pa_-
roll adding. The shop is. charged vri .th the quantity cut, as per the
Label Disposition Aecord, and credited with the quantity completed
as per the payroll sheets or actual charges to the finished goods
stockroom. The difference is the inventory of goods in -orocess and
this is checked weekly or monthly by a physical count. The invento
of goods in process is also used by some manufacturers on their mon:
ly financial statement to give them a more accurate picture of theix
operations.

.Many manufacturers who previously had inadequate cost records are n
determining their labor costs by dividing the weekly apyroll amount,
by the production per Label Disoosition Record. "These are but a fe
of the advantages. No doubt there are many more.




























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