Discussion on "Production control by stepped progress charts" at the Edinburgh Section of the Institution

MB. A. FEET (Section President, who presided) : After hearing Mr. Hijmans lecture on charts, the old saying of " Where would the Navy be without charts ? " should be " Where would the production engineer be without charts ? " It is a most interesting system, and the simplicity of how it can be done is the main thing that interests us all. As he says, you have the foremen running round here and there, having bits of paper, and being passed a little pile of books. If it is on a chart, it is plainly there and easy to get the information required.