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road haulage documentation, particularly control hooks. As most members of the principal trade associations will know logbooks (control books) are available from the area offices of the RHA, FTA and BAR.
The Chamwood Publishing Company, Loughborough, Leicester, is a well-known supplier of a whole range of specialist documentation for the road haulage industry.
Fleet Planning Ltd, PO Box 27, 31/33 Oxford Street, Leamington Spa, publishes a bound 30-day driver's record book (British/International) in twocolour printing.
James Wilkes Ltd, Oxford Street, Bilston, markets a large range of business forms, including continuous forms for hand written records and computer stationery. Wages time sheets are supplied to many companies including a well-known Midland bus operator.
This is a specially designed "optical mark reading" wages sheet for use with the Data Recognition Dataterrn 300 equipment of the Midland Red Omnibus Co Ltd.
The standard Dataterm form with pale magenta as a "non read " colour presented the company with difficulty in deciphering the information obtained and Wilkes, after tests, produced a form in darker purple with areas of blue stipple to emphasise important areas.
At the company's headquarters, the forms are processed through the mark reader on Sunday morning in preparation for the following week's wages payout.
This allows the time sheets to be processed by two operators. It is estimated that about 10 punch card operators would be required to complete a simihr volume of work in comparable time.
A final thought for operators who have not yet explored the field of vehicle maintenance Jo cumentat ion is that many of the major oil companies produce standardised maintenance check sheets. These are often obtainable on preferential terms subject to the regular use of products marketed by the oil company.