[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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