Crack down on employee tardiness and report preparations for Tuesday’s Review meetings as we log a big WIP deficit and plan quality improvements all on a cooler Autumnal day with government austerity cuts as a military coup in Grenada murders ministers and other innocents.
A cool day of high Barometric Pressure and the overnight clearness has meant some quite low temperatures as well. On time to the office and pleased to see that John was watching the arrivals for service particularly. It has become quite a problem at Comart that people will arrive late, the senior ones having sometimes worked late to compensate but the example being followed by all.
A troublesome mail this morning and many phone calls leading to a poor efficiency of time but within the journals good advertising coverage by Comart and editorial mention of the BMMG. Much attention of mine over the agenda for Tuesday’s meeting being received and to the reports being ready from all departments by Friday for circulation. It will be a full day with Carlton and Derek Morgan joining us for the quality and manufacturing presentations.
In the afternoon, attention to my own personnel reports and numerous alterations and adjustments to our organisation charts, summaries of outstanding vacancies and salary lists which takes a deal of time. Time after hours hearing of a large financial deficiency in our WIP stock values which I believe to be due to the defects in our routing paperwork and hearing of some of our plans in the area of manufacturing reorganisation.
Tonight further reading on Quality and preparing against our Quality meeting tomorrow in the light of British Standards. Carlton came round and I showed him over 39 Gordon Road as he will move in after the weekend. Today Peter King was off on holiday for a week and I brief Jim Attfield who is to deputise for him for all matters other than personnel.
News today of the latest Chancellor’s speech prescribing more deflation to the economy in the interests of controlling inflation and ignoring economic growth. Complete revolution in Grenada with the armed forces taking over and murdering the Prime Minister, three ministers and a number of the population including women and children. Medical news of cancer risks in the taking of certain contraceptive pills as well.
The family well after recent coughs and colds and work in hand to obtain plans and approvals for work to the house.