Visual Control of Progress
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TO enable an accurate check to he
kept on the progress of up to 150 repair jobs a week, Rootes, Ltd., has installed in its service progress department at Ladbroke Hall, London, W.10, the Remington Rand Graphdex system. It is capable of being kept up to date by one clerk.
The installation is divided into sections, the chief of which are designated "current week " and "week following," both 'being sub-divided into days and headed by the month of the year. When a unit or vehicle is brought into the denot, a copy of the works instructions is sent to the progress department. These instruCtions give the date on which the custainer wishes the work to be completed, and the nature of the repairs to be Carried out. A card bearing this information is then made out and placed in the "current week" section under the appropriate day.
Different'sections are . necessary because it is not always possible for work to be continued an any particular job.
These and other contingencies are prcrvided for in the scheme, and are. identified -by coloured signals. A jott may be overdue through a shortage of 'S, spares, .so its card is moved to a neW positign, accompanied by a green signal. Should work hay e; to be stopped for any particular reasOn, a red signal is added td the green.