<VV> Quaility

[Kenneth E Pepke]

Dr. Deming first went to Japan in the late 40s ... It took some
time and a huge amount of developing to put his 'plan' into
effect.  The early Corvair was built during the last part of that
development.  Up until that time 'Japanese quality' was a 
joke and a bad one at that.  But, at that time, a buyer could
get that 'foreign car prestige' for cheap because the Japanese
government paid their manufacturers to export products so 
they could sell them here at below build costs.  Thereby 
working their way into the US market.

In years after the Corvair GM attempted to implement some of
his ideas but due to cultural differences they were even then
not very well accepted among American workers.
Ken P
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On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:13:14 EST RoboMan91324 at aol.com writes:
>  
> Yes Ron.  His name was Dr. W. Edwards Deming and today  there is 
> what is 
> called "The Deming Award" for advancements in  quality.
>  
> I am not sure if you can say it was devised in the USA if the  
> person who 
> came up with the concept was basically laughed out of the country 
> for  his 
> "insane" ideas before perfecting them.  Yes, the Japanese embraced 
> his  ideas and 
> were patient enough to work with him to perfect his concepts and  
> implement 
> them.  US manufacturers opened their minds to his concepts only  
> after losing 
> large chunks of market share here and abroad.  Also, it wasn't  just 
> the 
> automotive markets where we were hurt badly.
>  
> Doc
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> In a message dated 11/9/2008 8:05:20 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
> virtualvairs-request at corvair.org writes:
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> Message:  3
> Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 12:46:29 -0800
> From: "Ron"  <ronh at owt.com>
> Subject: Re: <VV> VirtualVairs Digest, Vol 46,  Issue 21
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
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> It's woth noting that the very successful Japanese  quality control 
> system 
> that beat Detroit so badly was devised in the U.S. by  an American 
> and firmly 
> rejected by all of the U.S. auto companies before the  Japanese 
> embraced it.
> RonH
> 
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