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The Science of Production
- analog31 5y agoI've done some reading in this area, but am not a quality control expert or statistician. Something I've noticed, especially in the writings of Deming, is that it's not just about the math, but also about how the workplace is managed, that matters. Deming wanted to make it so that the regular factory or office workers could proactively develop and test quality improvements themselves, as part of their regular work. This required finding techniques, such as graphing, that worked most of the time but didn't require math or access to a computer. That's the reason for the emphasis on graphical methods and manual calculations. Naturally, management saw it differently. ;-)
- SkyMarshal 5y ago>Deming wanted to make it so that the regular factory or office workers could proactively develop and test quality improvements themselves, as part of their regular work. Unsurprisingly, the Toyota Production System implements this. Individual line workers are responsible for kaizen, continuously finding better ways of doing things. I don't recall exactly what tools and techniques they use though, other than kanban cards iirc. https://mag.toyota.co.uk/kaizen-toyota-production-system/ https://mag.toyota.co.uk/kaizen-toyota-production-system/
- bnj 5y agoI really enjoyed this read, disappointed that I haven’t been able to find a digital copy of the western electric handbook.
- bnj 5y agocuriously I was able to find it (broken into sections) via Western Electric directly: https://www.westernelectric.com/library#technical https://www.westernelectric.com/library#technical