Draft letter regarding the reduction of weekly chassis output and the corresponding need to cut establishment charges.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 18\6\ Scan245 | |
| Date | 28th January 1922 guessed | |
| DRAFT LETTER B. Bn. {W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} C. Cx. {Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} D. {John DeLooze - Company Secretary} Hy. {Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} Hall. Hm. {Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} H. {Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} He. PN. {Mr Northey} Peat. EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Wd. {Mr Wood / Mr Whitehead} Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Whr. {Mr Wheeler} Copies to R. {Sir Henry Royce} and LHS. {Lord Herbert Scott - Chair} for HO. and Sp. {Mr Spinney} Write separately to B. Whr. {Mr Wheeler} Peat. Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} and Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Our output during the past has arisen to over forty 40/40 h.p. chassis a week, and our establishment and staff was more than sufficient to deal with this. It has become necessary to reduce this output to thirty-five chassis per week. A reduction to thirty-five is equal to a curtailment of our output by more than one eighth. It will be appreciated that we must make an equivalent reduction in our establishment charges or considerably add to the selling price of our chassis. It is not considered possible to sell our chassis at a higher price. Your department, (like all others) is now based on an output of forty-five chassis per week. It is therefore essential that the establishment charges of your department shall be cut down forthwith by about one-fifth, as many of the establishment charges throughout the business are fixed and therefore cannot be cut down even though the output is reduced. Will you kindly let me know as soon as possible how you propose to carry out this reduction, and in what way, if any, you consider it will adversely affect the Company. B.J. | ||
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