ABSTRACT
The root problem of modern economic life is posed by the separation of the producer from the consumer; its root evil the obstructions we have set along the industrial roads that should carry products into daily use and enjoyment. In the internal layout and organisation of a unit factory we do not tolerate conditions that block the way or cause wasted effort and maladjustment, but we have yet to apply the same doctrine to the routing and processing of Industry as a whole. For that purpose the scale of planning and co-ordination will, of course, need to be far greater; but once this has been achieved, the directer the flow, the more notable will be the final economy of effort.
