RichardJensen Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 Is this the same RDA Group that developed these articles on SPC, six sigma, research methodologies, etc...? Yep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battyr Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 Mexicans don't make quality cars, Ford does. Quality comes from spending money on robots, computers and the entire QC system. Ford can make high quality cars anywhere as long as they put these resources toward them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJensen Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 Quality comes from spending money on robots, computers and the entire QC system. Quality comes from people. People do final assembly, people engineer subassemblies, and people do QC inspections. When these people are managed properly, they will produce quality products. --- One of the bad ol Detroit ideas was that people interfere with quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pioneer Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 People do final assembly, people engineer subassemblies, and people do QC inspections. People also have to fix the robots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DearbornDerek Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 Quality comes from spending money on robots, computers and the entire QC system. You have never seen the box secure robots in our plant then. They were put in to replace two workers...Now when the robots run we have those two people down there as well as IT guys and trades to make sure the box is being secured correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battyr Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 Quality comes from people. People do final assembly, people engineer subassemblies, and people do QC inspections. When these people are managed properly, they will produce quality products. --- One of the bad ol Detroit ideas was that people interfere with quality. I would rather not make a judgement on what people make quality cars and what people make shit cars. Ford has proven, whether their cars are made in Mexico, Detroit or Germany, they can build quality cars. Labour cost savings can allow for more time spent in quality control. An educated work force can reduce the cost of bringing in highly paid management and technical employees. If a company has a good relationship with the employees, they will do a good job. It is the system that builds quality. Yes you are right that people design the system. It is upper management that decides which systems to implement. Saying people build quality can be missinterpreted when talking about Mexico. I would rather say corporate culture builds quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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