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One good way to cut your labor waste is to make sure you are using just the right number of men in each crew.

Reports Jim Lendrum: `` By studying men on the job, we found that two men -- a carpenter and a helper -- can lay a floor faster than three.

We found that three men -- two carpenters and a helper -- can put up wall panels or trusses more economically than four men -- because four men don't make two teams ; ;

they make one inefficient three-men-and-a-helper team.

We found that wherever you can use two teams on a job, five men, not four, is the magic number ''.