All product
engineer's work was billed the relevant divison managers,
and they were normally the ones who initiated his line of
research.
The total number purchase shop orders was the means to
estimate the value the laboratory's work. Kellow, one Edison's
secretaries who also handled all the bookkeeping and work
scheduling the lab.
The changing role the lab the Edison enterprise can
be gauged the reorganization the third floor Building
5 1916. Next these
rooms was the office R. The administrative offices take only a
small part the floor space; most the third floor was
taken with experimenting. The main office the lab was the third floor
and adjacent was the room Harry Miller, secretary and
treasurer TAE Inc.
Chart 10-4 shows the new floor plan.X-30
requisitioned the services the laboratory.W. Miller's staff was housed Kellow's
office. The lab's shop
order system was reformed this time and the management
stressed the importance understanding and using the system. The Music Room was
maintained and two small offices were created for recording
research and the disc experiments Dinwiddie. the other end the third floor was complex of
the drafting and testing services and the office the chief
engineer; the Engineering Department was therefore brought
. Chart 10-3 shows the floor plan before the changes,
the Music Room one end and Dinwiddie's experimental room at
the other
