Discussion on "Some principles of production control and their application to steel foundry work" at the Lincoln Sub-Section of the Institution

MR. C. J. HYDE-TRUTCH : I congratulate Mr. Lloyd on a most interesting and valuable paper, and upon compressing what he has done into such a short paper. I am sure all of us here tonight, who know the results of this valuable system, will join with me in congratulating both Mr. Lloyd and his firm in having established a production loading system which really does work and is producing results. We are receiving 400/500 tons of castings from his foundry every month, and the fact that since this system has been introduced the proportion of deliveries meeting scheduled date has been steadily improving and has reached a very high standard does show that they have got something that really is working. I think possibly one of the secrets behind their success is Mr. Lloyd´s point, that any system of loading control must be worked on a realistic basis.