New-York tribune., 1920-01-07
Depicts
Many Steps in
Production Path
Details of Putting Out an
Automobile Run Into
Great Variety of Processes,
1t Is Apparent
BY c. C. Hanch

MdrsceU- Chalmers General Manager
The production of the modern motor
car involves great many separate and
distinct operations and departments,
which must be coordinated to the end
that quantity and quality be held uni
form and up to the highest standard.
The inception Of production lies in de-
termining, from market indications and
sales report, the quantity it can be
expected will be absorbed in the sue
ceeding twelve months.
To maintain this pace and actually
produce quantity of cars in the face
of industrial disturbances such as have
recently confronted the country has
taxed the skill, knowledge and ability
Adverse conditions are being success
fully met and obstacles overcome every
day which absolutely assure the pro-
spective customer the delivery of his
car as promised, without substitution
OF inferior materials or methods and
with the knowledge that the organiza-
tion Is fully capable Of carrying out
its part of the program of increased
production so vitality necessary to the
prompt restoration of our country's
capacity to supply our own needs and
our share of the needs of the world.
The purchasing and procuring of
the necessary materials and the deliv-
cry of these to the various plants call
for very high order Of knowledge,
not only of the raw materials market,
but the ability to select such sources
as Will assure an even flow of mate
rials Of uniform quality to stockrooms.
A highly specialized organization only
can obtain the necessary result. A
large number of men are maintained
in the field at points of origin Of these
materials to see that the flow is even
and uninterrupted.
The selection of satisfactory mate
rials and sources Of supply does not
comprehend all problems Of procure
ment, as traffic department, properly
functioning and cooperating with other
departments, is necessary to overcome
transportation difficulties arising out
of shortage of equipment and other
problems.
The manufacturing department must
take the material after its procurement
the various operations Of cutting, turn
ing.. milling, heat treating, grinding,
testing, painting, trimming and polish
ing until 1T arrives in sets on the auto
mobile lines, where the carefully
trained artisans bring all the individual
pieces together to form a living, mov-
ing vehicle, with all of, the buAt-in
qualities Of beauty, strength, power
and endurance.
The employment department alone is
responsible for careful selection Of the
men who build the cars, and their in
tegritY, loyalty and ability must be of a
very high order to fit them for par
ticipation in the creation Of this
product.
Throughout all processes, from the
receipt Of the raw materials upt to the
time the finished car is loaded into the
freight car for delivery to it's new
owner, the inspection department keeps
constant watch of all materials, men
and methods, carefully and conscienti-
ously checking and sorting. The mem
bers Of the staff Of the Inspection de-
partment are, in effect, personally rep
resentatives Of customers in the COM
pany's plants, as they are concerned
only with the contentment in its own
ership.
All cars and trucks must pass certain
standardized tests, both on the dyna-
mometer and on the road.