Redrawing
The world was bigger at that time and actual it's as late as after CAD/CAM and the web that drawing spec's have been finally internationalised. The Packard/Merlin story shows only that Packards management managed to favour their methods of drawing and producing - Maybee it was reasoned well (by american state of art series production) or maybee it was a matter of hard negosiations wich Packard might have been better suited for or maybee it was a pure political decision :-/
I recall from 'Guy Martins Spitfire' that the production of the plane first came into beat after being supervised by the former Morris Boss, this even though the production of the plane was crucial for the RAF and with that, the country!
Planning and leadership is nonplusultra and lack of that might have been the fate of the later british industry :-/
Last edited by Flybiker7000; 4th Apr 2015 at 20:23.