The financial
executive became the means control the divisions. It
relentlessly pressed each manager for the exact details his
operation. gained
the ear Edison and was soon promoted "Efficiency
Engineer" and placed the lab organization. acted the clearing house through
. The divisions
were told that their dealings with outside manufacturers should
be confined information that was needed make "an
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intelligent request" for goods supplies.(Ilus. Previously the purchasing policy was poorly defined
and the department was small. Mambert was mainly concerned
with controlling the spiralling costs the organization; he
was administrator, not engineer salesman." checked, and double checked, accounts
payable and receivable.X-14
distractions during his early years the company, including
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the delights Greenwich Village. scrutinized the payroll and hunted down
"discrepancies. the new order things
requisitions for materials were funnelled through Mambert's
organization and the enlarged Purchasing Department could not
act until received proper authorization. Mambert also had to
approve the disposal by-products and waste. Mambert, the other
hand, was conscientious worker with great ambition.10-3,
# 4660)
As head the Financial Executive, Stephen Mambert
implemented much tighter purchasing policy all parts of
TAE Inc. His power and
jurisdiction steadily increased and did the size the
Efficiency Engineer's department
