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This new approach, which cuts across the organization chart and realigns duties and functions in terms of the flow process, can bring about far-reaching changes in the handling of men, money, and materials. Firms which have tried it, among them Purex Corporation, find that it cuts costs and inventories and improves operations in many other ways.
Brewer et al. (1961) studied this question.