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).
Suggesting an increase in material order quantities to cover all possible contingencies.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 142\2\ scan0464 | |
| Date | 14th March 1940 | |
| 1200. To HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}, from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/RH.{R. Hollingworth} Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}10/MH.{M. Huckerby}14.3.40. In view of the increasing difficulty in obtaining supplies of material, we suggest that as far as possible quantities should be increased to cover all possible contingencies. In other words, we feel that the disadvantage of ordering too many of a part will more than outweigh the possible risk of scrap due to this piece being redundant. Will you please, therefore, arrange accordingly. We should be pleased to give a decision in any case of doubt. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||