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).
Minutes of a daily conference discussing 'bedevilled cars' and obsolete stores.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 18\6\ Scan137 | |
| Date | 26th July 1920 | |
| 27/7/20. MINUTES OF DAILY CONFERENCE. 26/7/20. Present - Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Hr. Wd.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} Hm.{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Also- D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} Copies to - R.{Sir Henry Royce} CJ. C. Bn.{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Hr. Wd.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} Hm.{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} Hy.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} (1) BEDEVILLED CARS. Referring to minute 2 of 23/7/20 the question of the solicitors' letters to customers re the above was again raised and the conference drew up types of letters which they thought suitable to be sent to customers who have cars which are bedevilled, either dangerously or non-dangerously. Copies of these letters have been sent to CJ. for his approval. (2) OBSOLETE STORES AND SCRAP. Referring to minute 3 of 23/7/20, the conference were of the opinion that there should be only three stores in the Works - (a) for production purposes, (b) for repair purposes, (c) for experimental purposes, and that any other material which the above stores could not make use of should be sent to what the conference termed 'the Stores Clearing House.' It was the opinion of the conference that a report on any material which has been in any of the above stores and has not been made use of for six months, should be sent to the Stores Clearing House, and also that any material becoming obsolete, owing to improved design, should be sent to the Stores Clearing House, and the latter should report to Drawing Office every Monday morning. In fact a list of any materials which are not | ||