Cons ult ing ▁Engine er ▁- ▁System at izing ▁Sh op ▁Management ▁and ▁Man ufact uring ▁Cost s ▁a ▁Special ty ". ▁Through ▁these ▁consult ing ▁experiences , ▁Taylor ▁perfect ed ▁his ▁management ▁system . ▁His ▁first ▁paper , ▁A ▁Pie ce ▁R ate ▁System , ▁was ▁presented ▁to ▁the ▁American ▁Society ▁of ▁Mechan ical ▁Engine ers ▁( AS ME ) ▁in ▁June ▁ 1 8 9 5 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 8 ▁he ▁joined ▁Beth le hem ▁Ste el ▁to ▁solve ▁an ▁expensive ▁machine - shop ▁capacity ▁problem . ▁While ▁at ▁Beth le hem , ▁he ▁discovered ▁the ▁best ▁known ▁and ▁most ▁prof itable ▁of ▁his ▁many ▁pat ents : ▁between ▁ 1 8 9 8 ▁and ▁ 1 9 0 0 ▁Taylor ▁and ▁Ma un sel ▁White ▁conducted ▁compreh ensive ▁empir ical ▁tests , ▁and ▁concluded ▁that ▁t ung sten ▁cutting - ste el ▁double d ▁or ▁quad ru ple d ▁cutting ▁spe eds ; ▁the ▁invent ors ▁received ▁$ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁( equ ivalent ▁to ▁$ 2 . 5 ▁million ▁today ) ▁for ▁the ▁English ▁pat ents ▁alone , ▁although ▁the ▁U . S . ▁pat ent ▁was ▁eventually ▁null ified . ▁ ▁Taylor ▁was ▁forced ▁to ▁leave ▁Beth le hem ▁Ste el ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 1 ▁after ▁disc ord ▁with ▁other ▁man agers . ▁Now ▁a ▁wealth y ▁man , ▁Taylor ▁focused ▁the ▁remainder ▁of ▁his ▁career ▁prom oting ▁his ▁management ▁and ▁mach ining ▁methods ▁through ▁lect uring ,