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

[Dennis Monticelli]

The Japanese adaptation of Deming's teachings destroyed one of the
myths that American industry had previously held true; that going
all-out for quality would drive up manufacturing cost and thus hurt
more than help in the marketplace.  The Japanese proved that (applied
intelligently) the quality-first principle can actually drive DOWN
total cost, when yield, scrap, and customer returns are all factored
in.  Add to that happy customers and you've got a winning combination.

Dennis AE6C

On 12/4/12, D C _Mac_ Macdonald <k2gkk at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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!
>
> * * * * * * * * * * *
> * 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 *
> * (Since 30 Nov 53) *
> * k2gkk at hotmail.com *
> * Oklahoma City, OK *
> * USAF & FAA (Ret.) *
> * * * * * * * * * * *
>
>
>
>> 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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