Re: How far I've come...
By: Dumas Walker to COUGAR428 on Sun Jan 29 2023 10:29 am
> > I worked for a plastics company that opened a factory in China and
> > helped them with setting up the factory for quality control and all
> > the processes which were already in effect at US plants. So
> > basically we gave them everything they needed to get started as
> > competition. (if they needed it to begin with)
>
> Something similar happened in Japan after WWII. Their factories got
> rebuilt with better state-of-the-art stuff while the US factories did not
> get upgraded. They also listened to Demming where American companies would
> not.
>
>
> * SLMR 2.1a * Do unto others BEFORE they do unto YOU.
>
The US sent many of their efficiency experts over to Japan. The Japanese
were willing to listen and patient, unlike their US counterparts. Instead exp
ecting quick results, they made short term and long term goals. I think
that's more or less an Asian thing, since Korea i very similar in long trm
plans. I recall an episode of Computer Chronicles where there was a
representative from a company such as Samsung who was talking about the
future of LCD displays. Back in the 80's the screen array siz was limited,
so in order to make larger displays you would make it out of severasl smaller
displays. The sales guy was mentioning color displays were around the
corner, and large flat panel TV's weren't far behind. The other guest was fr
om a US company, and thought the trouble of coordinating an array of panels wa
s too forward thinking. Of course, the US guy was thinking about short term
issues rather than how things go faster if you invest in them.
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