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).
The philosophy of product design, continuous improvement, and remaining competitive.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 55\4\ Scan397 | |
| Date | 20th May 1930 | |
| -2- R1/M20.5.30 contd. Some of these may be what are needed, and are no doubt valuable ideas that should not be lost. It is so expensive and such an upheaval to make changes that they must be sufficiently well done to be lasting, but for the standard of perfection we aim for, and our clients have to pay for, we cannot afford to let our productions fall much below the best the world produces i.e. the new creations must of necessity often be in advance of our ancient designs, so we must continually be in the march of progress by reconsidering the design of all our productions, say every 5 years, and expect and allow for changes - i.e. new creations should be many years ahead. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||