Am I correct in assuming that you have neither
followed nor studied the efforts of W. Edwards
Deming and other practitioners of statistical
quality control to introduce those methods into
American manufacturing companies from the
1930s through the mid 1980s? That you do not
know how few companies have adopted them even
after the Baldrige award was established in 1987?
That you do not know how few managers (of
manufacturing or anything else) even know that
there is such a thing as design of experiments?
You may have experienced only the best of
management and have participated in successful
introductions into your organization of
practices believed to account for the success
of others.
If this is so, let me assure you that you have
had extraordinarily rare experiences and have
been either exceptionally lucky or exceptionally
wise in your choice of place or places to work.
George Weinberg,
Am I correct in assuming that you have neither followed nor studied the efforts of W. Edwards Deming and other practitioners of statistical quality control to introduce those methods into American manufacturing companies from the 1930s through the mid 1980s? That you do not know how few companies have adopted them even after the Baldrige award was established in 1987?
That you do not know how few managers (of manufacturing or anything else) even know that there is such a thing as design of experiments?
You may have experienced only the best of management and have participated in successful introductions into your organization of practices believed to account for the success of others.
If this is so, let me assure you that you have had extraordinarily rare experiences and have been either exceptionally lucky or exceptionally wise in your choice of place or places to work.
John