Absenteeism Down : Output 40 Per Cent. Up
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I NTRODUCTION of the 44-hour five
day week has had beneficial effects for the Lockheed Hydraulic Brake Co., Ltd., Leamington Spa, and its associates, Automotive Products Co., Ltd., and the Borg and Beck Co., Ltd.
The shorter working week has been accompanied by a reduction in absen teeism from 9 per cent. in 1945 to 5 per cent, in July, 1947 During that period the average shift hours worked have dropped from 50 to Ad, and hours spent on machines from 44 to 39, although the last-named figure will increase as soon as the material situation improves,
Bonus earnings have risen from 77 per cent, to 105 per cent., and scrap and rectification losses have fallen from 10 per cent. to 6 per cent.
During the war, the Lockheed factories were expanded, and at the end of hostilities, complete reorganization of layout and equipment was necessary for the more efficient manufacture of normal products. Despite the unavoidable upheaval produced by a complete change-round of the factories, output has increased by 40 per cent, above the pre-war figure.
Monthly output of hydraulic brake
sets is now 135 per cent., assuming the pre-war level to be 100, whilst the production of clutches and tie-rod sets stands at 155 per cent. and 130 per cent. respectively. The planned monthly average in 1949 is to be 220 per cent. in the case of hydraulic brake sets, 213 per cent, for clutches, and 200 per cent. for tie-rod sets.
The directors have sanctioned an expenditure of £600,000 on post-war reorganization.
Four hostels have been purchased locally to house 125 workers, and the management may buy another.