. Automotive industries . s on a thirty-minute schedule, leaving the machineshop inspection bay every thirty minutes throughout theday. A view of Run Number 1 Mercury train leaving themachine shop inspection bay is shown in Fig. 4. The driver punches a time clock at the beginning of eachtrip, the first trip being at 7:15 , according to the usualschedule. An examination of a number of time cardspicked at random from this run indicate that it has provedpossible to adhere to the schedule with surprising regu-larity. Everyone with any actual experience in attemptingto regulate similar trucks,
. Automotive industries . s on a thirty-minute schedule, leaving the machineshop inspection bay every thirty minutes throughout theday. A view of Run Number 1 Mercury train leaving themachine shop inspection bay is shown in Fig. 4. The driver punches a time clock at the beginning of eachtrip, the first trip being at 7:15 , according to the usualschedule. An examination of a number of time cardspicked at random from this run indicate that it has provedpossible to adhere to the schedule with surprising regu-larity. Everyone with any actual experience in attemptingto regulate similar trucks, realizes the many petty delaysand difficulties which tend to throw the schedule out. A careful planning of the route, however, together withthorough instructions to the drivers concerning theirduties and routine, has made it possible here to eliminate alarge proportion of these inefficiencies. The trains aremade up for the driver at each station, so that he has toleave the truck only to attach the train to the Mercury. As. Fig. 2 (Above)—Type of special trucks used for carrying transmissions and cylinders Fig. 3 (Below)—Type of special truck used for carrying crankshafts an indication of how well it has been possible to work outthis system, the following times are given from a timecard of the driver on this run. The card was chosen atrandom, only the times for the afternoon runs are given,but will be sufficient to illustrate the point:P. M.: , , , , , , , , , Run Number 2 is the longest, requiring 50 minutes tocomplete a round trip. Not only is this run of considerablelength, but it includes a number of stopping points. The run begins in the rough stock room, where the Mer-cury starts out with a train of trucks loaded with roughstock destined for the forge shop. It carries this trainto the forge shop, drops it, and brings back finished forg-ings to the rough stock room. It then takes a train ofrough stock parts to the machine shop,
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