Time sheet Halbert Powers Gillette

time sheet, front, 1909.



time sheet, back, 1909.

in 1908 cost keeping , management engineering gillette presented cost keeping system , application sewer work, incorporated advanced type of time book, called time sheet. form resembles developed time book, , not modern time sheet. gillette explained how system worked @ engineering designing , general contracting office in indianapolis, indiana:

the essential , fundamental feature of system depends upon form of time sheet used (front view of time sheet (first image), , view (second image)). time sheet folded when in use timekeeper , carried in cover, making same of book size, , practically same form ordinary time book. on left hand side of front appears time sheet in usual form.

this time sheet arranged may used gang reporting time weekly, , used time sheet turned in each day, in latter case lines under column dates ignored , time placed in total hour column. on left hand side appears first timekeeper s check column...

gillette concluded form of timekeeping of value because of system of uniformity alone, if no regard given other features mentioned, although above companies using report satisfied securing more valuable data form have ever been able previous forms used. value of uniform time sheet lies in education of timekeepers, resulting in more efficient working force. under old system individual time sheets, prepared each job, forms of time sheets many , various, and, reason timekeepers presumed incorporate own ideas , make changes , innovations, resulting in bunch of data required hours, , personal attendance of timekeepers, work out.