17. How Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act Affects Government Supply Contractors 18. Changes in Organization Responsibilities as a Plant Grows 19. Two Dozen Ideas for Effective Administration 20. Reducing Accident Costs Through Safe Work Methods 21. Business Insurance-III 22. Developing Foremen in Smaller Plants 23. Budgeting in the Small Plant 24. Improving Shipping Room Operations in Small Plants 25. Improving Maintenance Operations in Small Plants 26. How Management Consultants Help Small Manufacturers 27. Reducing Accident Costs Through Selling Safety to Supervisors and Workers 28. Business Insurance-IV 29. Analyzing Your Government Contract 30. Employee Selection and Placement Methods for Small Plants 31. Packaging Pointers for Government Contractors 32. How Trade Associations Help Small Manufacturers 33. Borrowing Money from Your Bank 34. Depreciation, Deterioration, and Obsolescence 35. Materials Control for Small Plants 36. Sound Pricing Policy in Bidding on Government Contracts 37. Figuring and Using Break-Even Points 38. How Advertising Agencies Serve Small Business 39. How to Choose Your Banker Wisely 40. Pitfalls in Estimating Your Manufacturing Costs 41. How the U. S. Employment Service Helps Small Business 42. Getting Your Product on a Qualified Products List 43. Appraise Your Competitive Position To Improve Company Planning 44. How to Build Your Sales Volume 45. Judging Your Purchasing Efficiency 46. How to Analyze Your Own Business 47. How Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Helps Small Business 48. Sales Forecasting for Small Business 49. Know Your Patenting Procedures 50. How Manufacturers' Agents Help Small Business 51. How to Reduce Your Operating Costs 52. Loan Sources in the Federal Government 53. Small Business Profits from Unpatentable Ideas 54. Psychological Testing for Small Business 55. How to Set Up Sales Territories 56. Streamlining Office Systems in Small Business 57. Wage Incentives in Small Business 58. How Independent Laboratories Help Small Business 59. How Marketing Research Helps Small Manufacturers 60. How Field Warehousing Concerns Help Small Business 61. How Good Records Aid Income Tax Reporting 62. How to Price a New Product 63. How Food Brokers Help Small Manufacturers 64. Appeal Procedures for Income Tax Cases 65. How the Securities Act of 1933 Affects Small Business 66. How Industrial Distributors Help Small Manufacturers 67. Developing Sound Production Standards 68. Using Your Banker's Advisory Services 69. Redesigning Products for Better Marketability 70. Record Retention in Small Business 71. Office Mechanization for Small Business 72. Broadening Your Manufacturing Operations 74. Planning Your Working Capital Requirements 92432-57-6 MANAGEMENT AIDS IN ACTIVE PREPARATION 81. Utilizing Older Workers in Industry TECHNICAL AIDS ISSUED 1. Proper Alignment of Machine Tools 2. Sharpening of Drills, Lathe Tools, and Milling Cutters 3. Care and Maintenance of Belt, Chain, and Gear Drives 4. Sharpening Certain Metal Cutting Tools Used in Machine Shops 5. Precision Measurement of Workpieces 6. Selecting the Right Tool Steel 7. Machining Aluminum-I 8. Metallizing 9. Machining Plastics-I 10. Machining Aluminum-II 11. Machining Plastics-II 12. Machining, Repairing and Heat Treating Cast Iron Workpieces 13. Cutting Oils and Coolants 14. Corrosion in Machinne Shops-Causes and Prevention 15. Machining Brass and Bronze Workpieces 16. Machining Magnesium Alloy Workpieces 17. Taps and Dies 18. Surface Cleaning Techniques 19. Care and Maintenance of Grinding Wheels 20. Maintenance of Power Hand Tools 21. Surface Finishing Techniques-I 22. Surface Finishing Techniques-II 23. Titanium 24. Surface Finishing Techniques--III 25. Lengthening Tool Life 26. How to Select the Right Grinding Wheel 27. Gaging Tolerances in Machine Shops 28. Economics in Lubrication 29. Inventions: Government-Owned: Government-Licensed and Registered for License or Sale 30. Fire Prevention in Small Business 31. Radioisotopes and Small Business 32. Essentials of Good Plant Lubrication 33. Gas Welding of Cast Iron 34. Handling, Storing, and Dispensing of Lubricants 35. Care of Hydraulic Systems 36. Economical Chip Breakers for Machining Steel 37. Use of Templates and Scale Models 38. Preventive Maintenance in the Small Plant 39. Reinforced Plastics 40. Reducing Costs with Jigs, Fixtures and Gages 41. How Good Plant Housekeeping Will Increase Production 42. Principles of Plant Layout for Small Plants 43. Plastics-Opportunities for Small Business 44. Recent Developments in the Ferrous Foundry Industry 45. Cash Values in Industrial Scrap 46. Modern Welding Methods 47. Metal Powder Uses in the Small Plant 48. The Use of Plastics for Tools, Dies, Jigs, and Fixtures TECHNICAL AIDS IN ACTIVE PREPARATION Control of Expendable Tools-I SMALL MARKETERS AIDS ISSUED 1. Records Management in Smaller Stores -5. Basic Stock Control for Small Stores 6. Building Sound Credit Policies for Small Stores 7. Why Small Business Owners Need Sound Wills 8. Providing Management Replacements in Small Business 9. Competitive Tactics for Small Wholesalers 10. Diversification for Small Marketers 11. Sales Training for Small Wholesalers 12. Turning Customer Complaints into Profits 13. Sizing Up Small Business Locations 14. How Distributive Education Helps Small Business 15. Appraising the Market for the Services You Offer 16. Improving Personal Selling in Small Business 17. How the Department of Justice Helps Small Business 18. Front Office Courtesy Pays SMALL MARKETERS AIDS IN ACTIVE PREPARATION 19. Fundamental Records for Small Marketers SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SERIES ISSUED 1. An Employee Suggestion System for the Small Plant 2. One Hundred and Fifty Questions for a Prospective Manufacturer 3. Human Relations in Small Industry 4. Improving Materials Handling in Small Plants 5. Public Accounting Services for Small Manufacturers 6. Cutting Office Costs in Small Plants 7. Better Communications in Small Business 8. Making Your Sales Figures Talk 9. Cost Accounting for Small Manufacturers 10. Design is Your Business 11. Sales Training for the Smaller Manufacturer 12. Executive Development in Small Business 13. The Small Manufacturer and His Specialized Staff 14. The Foreman in Small Industry 15. A Handbook of Small Business Finance 16. Health Maintenance for Greater Efficiency 17. New Product Introduction for Small Business Owners 18. Profitable Advertising for Small Industrial Goods Producers 19. Technology and Your New Products SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SERIES IN ACTIVE PREPARATION Ratio Analysis for Small Business Owners Small business management series-Listed in order of sales as of Mar. 31, 1957 ADDENDUM-PROGRAMS OF PROCUREMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO SMALL BUSINESS, MARCH 1957-APRIL 1957 EXHIBIT A Procurement and technical assistance activities [For the period Aug. 1, 1953, through March 1957 unless otherwise indicated] 3 These awards resulted in 8,984 contracts to small firms. 4 Higher priority programs have caused a decrease in the staff time available for this activity. 5 Covers only period July 1, 1954, through June 1956. 6 Statistics discontinued. 7 Covers period beginning July 1, 1954. 8 Feb. 25, 1957, figure. 9 Covers 7 months (September 1955-March 1956). 10 Covers Dec. 1, 1955 (initial recording date and beginning of system), through March 1957. 11 Covers 4 months (December 1955-March 1956). |