There is no industrial opportunity that offers a richer return than the elimination of needless motions, and the transformation of ill-directed and i… - Frank Bunker Gilbreth

All human activity is a matter of motion and decision.

The greatest misunderstandings occur as to the aims of scientific management. Its fundamental aim is the elimination of waste, the attainment of worth-while desired results with the least necessary amount of time and effort. Scientific management may, and often does, result in expansion, but its primary aim is conservation and savings, making an adequate use of every ounce of energy of any type that is expended.

No definite and permanent advance is made in any kind of work, whether with materials or men, until use is made of measurement.