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Good quality is directly correlated to good QC (quality control). Manufacturing engineers spend a lot of time to define the process. There are different methods

Good quality is directly correlated to good QC (quality control). Manufacturing engineers spend a lot of time to define the process. There are different methods such as six sigma (and the associated continue process improvement) to control and detect the rejects. However, to get there requires a lot of upfront cost and manpower which is why it costs more for better quality parts.

zepearl 8y ago
Thx (didn't know about "six sigma") Do you think that maybe the japanese mentality is more "fit" to achieve such precise/high-quality processes and QC than other people/nations/etc... in the area of capacitors? EDIT: > Lean management and Six Sigma are two concepts which share similar methodologies and tools. Both programs are Japanese-influenced,... ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Sigma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Sigma ) Puah, really, never heard about this stuff - but isn't japanese mgmt structure famous for being complicated (or is maybe just the "formality" of the mgmt being very complicated for europeans?)?
- Jach 8y ago
  That page of course references Deming (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Edwards_Deming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Edwards_Deming) who is really the root of Japan's post-war success in high quality. There's even an annual award named after him to recognize quality management: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deming_Prize https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deming_Prize
- syntaxing 8y ago
  Where something is made definitely effects the quality. The cultural effect has a play in the equation but it's also the available resources. An assembly line tends to be similar to a clock. Any piece that breaks in the chain can cause the quality to suffer. Therefore, you need workers who can handle the system and also be "trainable" to grow a product. As others has mentioned, a lot these techniques stem from Demings. Most agree that he had a huge role from transforming the quality of product manufactured in Japan (synonymous to China today) to the top tier quality they can produce now. People study for years to be able to be good at root cause analysis and assembly process management. To get a good assembly line processing requires on honing in the details. For instance, the location of the workers relative to each other, where they hand off the parts in the line, and also the location and type of tools can easily effect your reject rate.

zepearl 8y ago

Thx (didn't know about "six sigma") Do you think that maybe the japanese mentality is more "fit" to achieve such precise/high-quality processes and QC than other people/nations/etc... in the area of capacitors? EDIT: > Lean management and Six Sigma are two concepts which share similar methodologies and tools. Both programs are Japanese-influenced,... ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Sigma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Sigma ) Puah, really, never heard about this stuff - but isn't japanese mgmt structure famous for being complicated (or is maybe just the "formality" of the mgmt being very complicated for europeans?)?

Jach 8y ago
That page of course references Deming (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Edwards_Deming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Edwards_Deming) who is really the root of Japan's post-war success in high quality. There's even an annual award named after him to recognize quality management: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deming_Prize https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deming_Prize
syntaxing 8y ago
Where something is made definitely effects the quality. The cultural effect has a play in the equation but it's also the available resources. An assembly line tends to be similar to a clock. Any piece that breaks in the chain can cause the quality to suffer. Therefore, you need workers who can handle the system and also be "trainable" to grow a product. As others has mentioned, a lot these techniques stem from Demings. Most agree that he had a huge role from transforming the quality of product manufactured in Japan (synonymous to China today) to the top tier quality they can produce now. People study for years to be able to be good at root cause analysis and assembly process management. To get a good assembly line processing requires on honing in the details. For instance, the location of the workers relative to each other, where they hand off the parts in the line, and also the location and type of tools can easily effect your reject rate.