Post by rockynv on Jun 29, 2013 5:23:53 GMT -5
The main problem Japan had was logisitcal and access to ore. In the 60's they use to buy barges of American Garbage for the metals. It would not be unusual to purchase a Japanese product back then and find an internal part made from an old coffee can. Many times they would leave the painted on label behind and you would see Maxwellhouse or Chock-Full-O-Nuts printed on the stamped sheet metal parts.
The the US Coporate World laughed Dr. Deming out of the country only to become welcomed with open arms in Japan where he is considered to be a national hero of sorts in Japan while those that originally scoffed him in the USA called him a traitor. The American Corporate World could not tolerate him telling them that managment was responcible for most waste in business and not shiftless employees and on top of that they should consult their lowely production line workers for advice on how to become more efficient and profitable:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Edwards_Deming
China will catch up as now even Japan is mentoring them.
The the US Coporate World laughed Dr. Deming out of the country only to become welcomed with open arms in Japan where he is considered to be a national hero of sorts in Japan while those that originally scoffed him in the USA called him a traitor. The American Corporate World could not tolerate him telling them that managment was responcible for most waste in business and not shiftless employees and on top of that they should consult their lowely production line workers for advice on how to become more efficient and profitable:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Edwards_Deming
China will catch up as now even Japan is mentoring them.
