Difficulty in costing and standardising the Bentley Spring Drive without a List of Parts (LOP).
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\3\ scan0008 | |
| Date | 2nd December 1936 | |
| 200 G {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} /Rb. {R. Bowen} from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry {Shadwell Grylls} 6/R.2.12.36. BENTLEY SPRING DRIVE. Further to the memos that we are returning, and the visit from Mr. Moses, who explained that he could not give us the cost of the new spring drive, unless we quoted the L.O.P. and piece number; we are sorry that the organisation is such that you cannot give an estimated cost for an LeC drawing. It frequently happens that parts are instructed to the Experimental Dept. without the existence of an LOP. If the Experimental Dept. wish to standardise them, it would appear impossible to get the standardisation sheet completed or discover the cost until the parts are put on production and an LOP. made. We should, therefore, like to have a reply to our memo - Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} 8/MJ.26.10.36. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} | ||
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).