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Old 2006-06-07, 08:58 AM   #30
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Originally Posted by sp00ln
The other guy, I forgot his name (I need to retain more at school) brought over the fundamentals of Supply Chain Management. From there, Japan developed new ways of going about business.
W. Edwards Deming. He is one of the main reasons Japan's auto industry started building vehicles far superior in quality to Detroit. He actually understood tolerances, variation, and how to build quality into a manufacturing process.
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