FRANK AND LILLIAN GILBRETH AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS
Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Sr. (July 7, 1868 – June 14, 1924) and Lillian Evelyn Moller Gilbreth (May 24, 1878 – January 2, 1972) were one of the greatest husband-and-wife teams of science and engineering who early in the 1900s collaborated on the development of motion study as an engineering and management technique. They are recognized as pioneers in the field of 'motion study' and they worked together for years to find the "one best way to do work."
About Frank and Lillian Gilbreth:
After doing high school, Frank attained a job as a bricklayer apprentice and then became a building contractor. He eventually became a lecturer at Purdue University after which he married Lillian Gilbreth.
Lillian …show more content…
This scaffold was also equipped with a bench or shelf for holding the bricks and mortar at a convenient height for the workmen. This saved the bricklayer the tiring and unnecessary task of bending over to pick up a brick from the floor of the scaffold each time he laid one on the wall.
Motion Study:
“Our duty is to study the motions and to reduce them as rapidly as possible to standard sets of least in number, least in fatigue, yet most effective motions”. –(Gilbreth, 1911, p.3)
Frank and Lillian Gilbreth continued their motion study and analysis in other fields and pioneered in the use of motion pictures for studying work and workers. They originated micro-motion study, a breakdown of work into fundamental elements now called ‘therbligs’ (derived from Gilbreth spelled backwards with ‘th’ transposed). These elements were studied by means of a motion-picture camera and a timing device which indicated the time intervals on the film as it was …show more content…
Some of them are Grasp, Use, Hold, Select and Inspect. Gilbreths conducted motion studies with typists, surgeons, nurses and army apart from many other professionals.
Frank Gilbreth also served in the US Army during World War I where he found out the more efficient means of assembling and disassembling small arms by reducing all the motions of the hand to into some 17 basic motions.
The Gilbreths also pioneered the use of devices, such as adjustable chairs and improved workstations, to ease strain on the body and reduce injuries and surgical sewing.
After Frank Gilbreth's death, Dr. Lillian Gilbreth continued the work and extended it into the home in an effort to find the "one best way" to perform household tasks. She has also worked in the area of assistance to the handicapped, as, for instance, her design of an ideal kitchen layout for the person afflicted with heart disease. She also spent much part of the remaining life consulting and speaking all over the world, spreading her knowledge further to the distant corners of the world.
Contribution of Frank Gilbreth in terms of Books and
Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Sr. (July 7, 1868 – June 14, 1924) and Lillian Evelyn Moller Gilbreth (May 24, 1878 – January 2, 1972) were one of the greatest husband-and-wife teams of science and engineering who early in the 1900s collaborated on the development of motion study as an engineering and management technique. They are recognized as pioneers in the field of 'motion study' and they worked together for years to find the "one best way to do work."
About Frank and Lillian Gilbreth:
After doing high school, Frank attained a job as a bricklayer apprentice and then became a building contractor. He eventually became a lecturer at Purdue University after which he married Lillian Gilbreth.
Lillian …show more content…
This scaffold was also equipped with a bench or shelf for holding the bricks and mortar at a convenient height for the workmen. This saved the bricklayer the tiring and unnecessary task of bending over to pick up a brick from the floor of the scaffold each time he laid one on the wall.
Motion Study:
“Our duty is to study the motions and to reduce them as rapidly as possible to standard sets of least in number, least in fatigue, yet most effective motions”. –(Gilbreth, 1911, p.3)
Frank and Lillian Gilbreth continued their motion study and analysis in other fields and pioneered in the use of motion pictures for studying work and workers. They originated micro-motion study, a breakdown of work into fundamental elements now called ‘therbligs’ (derived from Gilbreth spelled backwards with ‘th’ transposed). These elements were studied by means of a motion-picture camera and a timing device which indicated the time intervals on the film as it was …show more content…
Some of them are Grasp, Use, Hold, Select and Inspect. Gilbreths conducted motion studies with typists, surgeons, nurses and army apart from many other professionals.
Frank Gilbreth also served in the US Army during World War I where he found out the more efficient means of assembling and disassembling small arms by reducing all the motions of the hand to into some 17 basic motions.
The Gilbreths also pioneered the use of devices, such as adjustable chairs and improved workstations, to ease strain on the body and reduce injuries and surgical sewing.
After Frank Gilbreth's death, Dr. Lillian Gilbreth continued the work and extended it into the home in an effort to find the "one best way" to perform household tasks. She has also worked in the area of assistance to the handicapped, as, for instance, her design of an ideal kitchen layout for the person afflicted with heart disease. She also spent much part of the remaining life consulting and speaking all over the world, spreading her knowledge further to the distant corners of the world.
Contribution of Frank Gilbreth in terms of Books and