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sounds like this article might have been inspired by William Edwards Deming who was ignored in the US but Japan adopted his methods and that was a huge factor i
by ren_engineer 5y ago
sounds like this article might have been inspired by William Edwards Deming who was ignored in the US but Japan adopted his methods and that was a huge factor in their manufacturing success post war. Eventually all the big US car manufacturers basically begged him for help once they started losing market share
quality and reliability almost always comes down to the system, not heroic efforts of individual employees
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Edwards_Deming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Edwards_Deming
https://deming.org/explore/red-bead-experiment/ https://deming.org/explore/red-bead-experiment/
- Jtsummers 5y agoOut of the Crisis was simultaneously one of the best books I've read on the topic of systems, longterm versus short-term thinking, and quality, and one of the most depressing. A very worthwhile book to get and read through, though not in one sitting. It's worth pondering on what he writes and considering how (or if) it applies to your organization as you go through it.