Harold Bright Maynard (Oct. 18, 1902 - Mar. 10, 1975) was an American
industrial engineer
Industrial engineering is an engineering profession that is concerned with the optimization of complex processes, systems, or organizations by developing, improving and implementing integrated systems of people, money, knowledge, information and ...
,
consulting engineer
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at the Methods Engineering Council, and management author. He is known as the "Broadway counsel for industries, railroads, state governments" and as recipient of the
Henry Laurence Gantt Medal The Henry Laurence Gantt Medal was established in 1929 by the American Management Association and the Management section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for "distinguished achievement in management and service to the community" in h ...
in 1964.
Life and work
Maynard was born in 1902 in
Northampton, Massachusetts
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Northampton is known as an a ...
to William Clement Maynard and Edith Lucia (Clark) Maynard. He attended the Protestant
Episcopal Academy
The Episcopal Academy, founded in 1785, is a private, co-educational school for grades Pre-K through 12 based in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. Prior to 2008, the main campus was located in Merion Station and the satellite campus was located in ...
in Philadelphia, where he graduated in 1919. In 1923 he obtained his M.Sc in mechanical engineering at Cornell University.
[''Who's who in Commerce and Industry.'' Vol. 6, 1948. p. 921]
After his graduation in 1923 he started as a graduate student in the production steam division of
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
The Westinghouse Electric Corporation was an American manufacturing company founded in 1886 by George Westinghouse. It was originally named "Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company" and was renamed "Westinghouse Electric Corporation" in ...
in Pittsburgh, where he was employed until 1929. From 1929 to 1934 he studied industrial problems in the U.S. and in Europe. In 1934 he founded the consulting firm ''Methods Engineering Council'' in Pittsburgh with Maynard as president.
One of his early associates was
Richard Muther.
With Methods Engineering Council Maynard consulted for industries, railroads and state governments. In 1944 he was also expert consultant to the secretary of war, and in 1952 participated in the Advisory Group on European Productivity to Mutual Security Agency.
[John William Leonard, Winfield Scott Downs, M. M. Lewis (1964), ''Who's who in Engineering.'' Vol. 9. 1964, p. 1221]
In the year 1946-1947 Maynard served as president of the
Society for Advancement of Management
The Society for the Advancement of Management, commonly known as SAM, is the oldest among professional management societies. On November 11, 1910 colleagues of Frederick W. Taylor met at the New York Athletic Club to discuss and promote the princ ...
as successor of
Raymond R. Zimmerman, and was succeeded by
William L. McGrath.
In 1946 Maynard was awarded the
Gilbreth Medal, which had been established in honour of Frank and Lillian Gilbreth. In 1954 he received the
Wallace Clark Award,
[John W. Leonard, Winfield Scott Downs, M. M. Lewis (1959), ''Who's who in Engineering.'' Vol. 8. p. 1621: Source mentions 1956 award.] and in 1964 the annual
Henry Laurence Gantt Medal The Henry Laurence Gantt Medal was established in 1929 by the American Management Association and the Management section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for "distinguished achievement in management and service to the community" in h ...
by the
American Management Association and the
ASME
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) is an American professional association that, in its own words, "promotes the art, science, and practice of multidisciplinary engineering and allied sciences around the globe" via "continuing ...
.
See also
*
Maynard Operation Sequence Technique (MOST)
*
Methods-time measurement
Methods-Time Measurement (MTM) is a predetermined motion time system that is used primarily in industrial settings to analyze the methods used to perform any manual operation or task and, as a product of that analysis, set the standard time in whic ...
Selected publications
* Maynard, Harold Bright, and Gustave James Stegemerten. ''Guide to methods improvement.'' McGraw-Hill Book Company, Incorporated, 1944.
* Maynard, Harold Bright. ''Industrial engineering handbook.'' 1956.
* Maynard, Harold Bright, ed. ''Effective Foremanship.'' McGraw-Hill book Company, Incorporated, 1941.
* Maynard, Harold B. ed.
Top management handbook'' New York,: MaGraw-Hill, 1960.
* Maynard, Harold Bright (ed.). ''Handbook of Business Administration.'' McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1967.
* Maynard, Harold Bright. ''Handbook of modern manufacturing management.'' Vol. 1. McGraw-Hill, 1970.
;Articles, a selection
* Lowry, Stewart McKinley, Harold Bright Maynard, and Gustave James Stegemerten. "Time and motion study and formulas for wage incentives." (1940).
References
External links
MTM – Work design productive and safe
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1902 births
1975 deaths
American industrial engineers
Episcopal Academy alumni
People from Northampton, Massachusetts
Henry Laurence Gantt Medal recipients
20th-century American engineers