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Show BUSK METHODS IH MO FAGTORiES; That there are 2000 to 3500 parts in the modern automobile and that the absence of any one of these parts may delay the manufacturing of finished cars was pointed to by E. Vex Linden, production manager of the Oldsmobile plants, as illustrating the importance of business methods in motor car factories. fac-tories. Co-ordinating the purchasing and production departments in such a manner man-ner that Materials are obtained in the correct quantities far enough in advance ad-vance to guard against shortages in stocks, Mr. Ver Linden stated, was essential es-sential to conducting smooth-running plants which produce cars on well-defined schedules. What is known as a graphic system of tracing the production of cars from the procuring of raw materials to their ultimate completion is credited by Ver , Linden with being particularly desirable, desir-able, because of its simplicity and accuracy. ac-curacy. This system, which enables the factory superintendent to determine the condition of stocks and progress of production in different departments at a glance, consists of nothing more than a Targe sheet of cardboard over which a series of pins are moved about by an operator to whom the foreman an'd stock clerks reffort. Mr. Ver Linden says: Properly carried out this system will not permit of a tieup in production pro-duction through lack of materials, and as far as my knowledge goes it is the simplest system yet de-j de-j vised. Although it requires but little labor to operate it accounts correctly for every piece of Material Ma-terial down to lock washers and screws. Jt also has the advantage of instantly raising the alarm when materials needed in production have not been received on schedule time and indicates - clearly the point where pressure must be brought to bear. The excellence of thin system, Mr. i Ver Linden says, accounts in a large measure for the promptness with which Oldsmobile light ''fours" have been! supplied to dealers and purchasers. j |