[ARC5] When Them Chinese Caps Say "400VDC"

[D C _Mac_ Macdonald]

Deming's teachings were taken to heart by the Japanese 
government and probably led to the rise in standards 
(JIS?) that basically brought about the term "Japan Inc." 
 
Much of what he taught was also taught at FAA Logistics 
Center here in Oklahoma City some 10 to 15 years ago when 
that organization went from an "appropriated fund" to an 
"industrial funding" status. The FAALC now must compete 
worldwide for customers and work, both in USA government 
and civilian companies. Budgeting is done down to the 
individual workcenters with all the forecasting, etc. that 
is involved in that. It seems to be working quite well. I 
was employed there during all that conversion turmoil!
 
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* 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 * 
* (Since 30 Nov 53) * 
* k2gkk at hotmail.com * 
* Oklahoma City, OK * 
* USAF & FAA (Ret.) * 
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> Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2012 01:05:07 -0800
> From: dennis.monticelli at gmail.com
> To: brianclarke01 at optusnet.com.au
> CC: ARC5 at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] When Them Chinese Caps Say "400VDC"
> 
> The story about Deming is very true and few US industries realized
> before it was too late. The young semiconductor industry caught on to
> this in the early 80's, cleaned up their act and reversed the tide of
> Japanese IC imports. I know, I was there. I wish I could say the
> same for some of the other US industries, such as automotive. Of the
> big three, Ford took it more seriously than the others.
> 
> Dennis AE6C
> 
> On 12/3/12, brianclarke01 at optusnet.com.au <brianclarke01 at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> > Let's be very careful here, people.
> >
> > W Edwards Deming did his PhD under Shewhart in the US. General MacArthur saw
> > the state of Japanese manufacturing after WWII and looked for a production
> > quality guru. Deming could not get anyone interested in his ideas in the US
> > - but MacArthur saw the benefit - and then the Japaneses learned what
> > eventually became Total Quality Management.
> >
> > Even as late as 1986, Peters and Waterman in 'Pursuit of excellence' and
> > then Peters in 'Surviving on Chaos' bemoaned that the US just was not
> > interested in quality - all it wanted was mass production.
> >
> > 73 de Brian, VK2GCE.
> >
> >
> >
> >> Kenneth G. Gordon <kgordon2006 at frontier.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 3 Dec 2012 at 17:13, Jim Haynes wrote:
> >>
> >> > On Mon, 3 Dec 2012, Kenneth G. Gordon wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > The situation with such stuff is very much akin to the problem with
> >> > > Japanese-made stuff just prior to WWII: they sent us that junk
> >> > > because they thought we wanted it.
> >> > >
> >> > Whereas, in more recent times, I remember when RAM chips were being
> >> > made in the U.S. and in Japan. I read that the U.S. makers of
> >> > computers much preferred the Japanese chips because the U.S. makers
> >> > shipped everything they made; the Japanese makers only shipped the
> >> > good ones.
> >>
> >> As I said.....prior to WWII....yes, they learned better....from US...
> >>
> >> Ken W7EKB
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Kenneth G. Gordon W7EKB
> >>
> >> "Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway."--- John
> >> Wayne
> >>
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