Today's image comes from the January-February 1954 Journal of Industrial Training. With the introduction of a coded system, IBM needed its clerical workers to use a series of numbers with both speed and ease. The company found that visual recognition provides for increased clerical efficiency, reduces fatigue, and increases production in records processing. During each session, slides are flashed on the screen at a rapid time exposure. Each student writes down the number as he sees it.

What kinds of training have you used to speed efficiency among workers? Have you ever tried visual recognition.

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