>American employees tend to have wider responsibilities and probably wouldn't be able to handle the relentless dedication to detail that is expected of Japanese

>American employees tend to have wider responsibilities and probably wouldn't be able to handle the relentless dedication to detail that is expected of Japanese employees. Even though my office in Michigan was the same company and had access to the same parts as Japan to sell to American car companies, our work force just did not compare to Japan in its devout dedication to the customer and making sure that parts are perfect in every detail, down to plastic packaging and boxing that they are shipped out with. I worked for Toshiba and Mitsubishi in a manufacturing role and on several occasions worked with some Japanese workers they sent over. Our processes from theirs differed wildly. We worked on the same generators but to get to the end result were massively different approaches. It's hard to describe what made the Japanese workers different from us but their lifestyle, work ethic, and outlook were much different from us.