Use of Recording and Transcribing Equipment in Loading Delivery Trucks of Produce Wholesalers

Marvin R. Kercho, Herrick, Joseph F., and Stanley W. Burt

No 308609, Agricultural Information Bulletins from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: Excerpt from the report Summary: A method of using voice recording and transcribing equipment in the loading of delivery trucks was developed and tested in the warehouse of a service wholesaler where two 3-man crews previously were used in truck loading operations. The use of this equipment resulted in the elimination of the checker in each crew. Thus, where the checker is one-third of the loading crew, savings amounting to one-third in the labor cost of loading can be effected. Time studies at the test warehouse showed a saving of 80 man-hours per week through the elimination of 2 checkers--1 on each crew. On the basis of an assumed wage rate of $1.25 per hour, this saving amounted to $100 per week, which in a period of 4 months will more than pay for the cost of the equipment.

Keywords: Labor and Human Capital; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23
Date: 1951-05
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.308609

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