what happened to taking pride in your work
The wife and I 150 miles one way yesterday to check out the Keystone dealer with a good selection. We had a certain floor plan we wanted and they had it. Now I know Montana isn't really top of the lin...
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GoPackGo wrote:
As I recall, his philosophy on quality control is that quality should be built in at each stage of the manufacturing process. Each worker performs QA, it is not added on at the end of the line after the product has been built.
To increase quality, Quality Control (QC) inspectors are eliminated. Those simple concepts are obvious when one comes from where the work gets done.
A business school graduate was taught that a trade-off exists between costs and quality. Increased quality always means decreased costs. Concepts difficult for a finance guy to grasp.
Any car that still has a six or eight cylinder engine is using obsolete technology. Since innovations (demonstrated by GM engineers in the early 1970s) are standard all over the world. But GM still needs large front ends (ie SUV) to house obsolete technology V-8 engines. GMs high costs, blamed on unions, are directly traceable to GMs lower quality. Because a spread sheet says innovation increases costs. Reality says otherwise.
Chevy Volt is the only hybrid where the engine cannot recharge its battery. Done intentionally to decrease costs.
Those concepts apply to all industries.
