Thread: He did the math
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Old 07-10-2013, 07:41 AM   #25 (permalink)
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I don't want to derail this thread so I'm snipping most of rant.
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Originally Posted by Old Mechanic View Post
Meanwhile the Japanese using manufacturing techniques taught by Doug MacArthur
It was W. Edwards Deming who taught statistical quality control methods to the Japanese. He tried to teach the Americans first, but the leadership at those companies were still drunk on war profits and ignored him.
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and a virtually ethnically pure society,
Sorry, couldn't resist leaving that hanging a bit more out in the breeze.
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