[HN Gopher] The Science of Production
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       The Science of Production
        
       Author : sebg
       Score  : 42 points
       Date   : 2022-04-03 13:34 UTC (9 hours ago)
        
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       | analog31 wrote:
       | I've done some reading in this area, but am not a quality control
       | expert or statistician. Something I've noticed, especially in the
       | writings of Deming, is that it's not just about the math, but
       | also about how the workplace is managed, that matters. Deming
       | wanted to make it so that the regular factory or office workers
       | could _proactively_ develop and test quality improvements
       | themselves, as part of their regular work. This required finding
       | techniques, such as graphing, that worked most of the time but
       | didn 't require math or access to a computer. That's the reason
       | for the emphasis on graphical methods and manual calculations.
       | 
       | Naturally, management saw it differently. ;-)
        
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