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).
Cost breakdown and analysis for car body production, comparing labour and material expenses with competitors.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 161a\1\ scan0063 | |
| Date | 22th December 1939 | |
| ) 4 ( Conclusion. Cont'd.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} (b) Shell £20. (c) Wings £20. 10. 0. (d) Trimming. £10. 0. 0. (e) Joiners. £10. 0. 0. (f) Painters. £3. 10. 0. (g) Elec. Wiring. 5/-. (h) Smiths. £1. 0. 0. £65. 5. 0d. When this is deducted from the present material body cost of £135 we are left with total material cost of £69. WAGES OR LABOUR COST. A material cost of £69 on a total cost of £135 leaves £66. for labour and overheads and if the latter be 100% on labour a labour charge of £33 per body results. This was compared favourably with - Rover wages - £12. 0. 0. per body. Daimler wages - £15. 0. 0. per body. It is therefore necessary for the labour to be reduced from £51 to £33. Ward at present spends £9 wages assembly shell and this charge would not exist with the P.S.C. shell. Therefore £9 wages plus £9 overheads can be deducted from £51 which leaves £33 for labour. In other words even on the preliminary set up for 10 bodies a week, the labour figure of £33 becomes a possibility if the body is fully tooled. Obviously 5,000 bodies have to be made to pay for the tools. | ||