He also controlled the work the accountants, bookkeepers,
and statisticians the Accounting and Auditing Departments. and the banks have confidence. Mambert was useful Edison liaison
with the financial community, upon whom TAE Inc. The new purchasing policy created massive amount of
paperwork because even the smallest transaction between
divisions and departments TAE Inc. The
division managers also had the responsibility reporting many
new types transactions the central management the
forms weekly and monthly reports. This was Mambert's domain.
Mambert sent his men every part the organization, some
. Edison's attitude labor this time was not
friendly and his instructions Mambert were reduce the
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payroll. was important cut the cost operations
after the fire because the expense rebuilding had increased
the debt TAE Inc..X-16
action. Edison thought that Mambert was the most
valuable man ever employed because only ever managed to
get credit from the banks.."
The increased control Mambert's Financial Executive
was built foundation better record keeping within TAE
Inc. Edison claimed that "Mambert1s
methods and showings have now enabled borrow very large
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sums.f which had heretofore
been informal and unrecorded, now had carried out under a
purchase order, including all the work the laboratory. was becoming
more dependent. Consequently the
Accounting Department was enlarged, and new department, the
Efficiency Department, was created
