Its analysis and reports included reduction of effort and fatigue, with precursors to ergonomics.
[3] The resulting recommendations focused on "one best way," an approach at odds with the later quality improvement movement.
The Gilbreth approach also diverged from Taylorism, another early business/work efficiency model, primarily in its consideration of human factors.
[4] Gilbreth Inc.'s innovations were largely due to the marriage of engineering and industrial psychology[5] reflected from its founders, who were respective experts in these fields.
[citation needed] In 1904 the firm moved to New York City, in 1912 to Providence, Rhode Island, and in 1919 to Montclair, New Jersey.