From Japan we learned just in time inventory control, manufacturing quality control and continuous improvement, innovation in consumer electronics design, and an appreciation for sushi.
Can Japanese engineering, design, and manufacturing quality produce a competitive product?
Superior Japanese engine technology and quality were the wedges at a time when California had to take the lead in boosting mileage and cutting emissions out of sheer self-preservation, and demanding West Coast consumers had no patience for poor manufacturing quality coming out of Detroit.
FORBES: Not Just California Dreamin': Detroit 3 Conquesting The Surf
There are still many sectors where Japanese firms are world leaders, based primarily on superior engineering, materials, manufacturing and quality management.
Because there is tremendous variability in manufacturing and quality control standards from company to company, choosing an effective product can be challenging.
Carbon fiber illustrates a key criterion in high-tech manufacturing: quality control.
"If they have a problem and their line stops, ten minutes later our line stops, " says Emil Hassan, Nissan's North American senior vice president for manufacturing, quality and logistics.
After speaking with FDA manufacturing and quality control consultants, and senior execs from other generic injectable makers, Malhotra believes the Hospira violations meet FDA criteria for entering a consent decree.
FORBES: Hospira May Get A Consent Decree For Its Manufacturing Problems
In the 1960s, the firm began manufacturing bar-quality steels, as well as building cranes, boilers, and ships.
FORBES: Mexican Steel Entrepreneur Rufino Vigil Gonzalez Joins The Billionaires' Club
So he's taken a job at a manufacturing plant in quality control.
When the tool supplier is situated nearby, he says, communication between engineers is better and cheaper, leading to improved manufacturing and fewer quality problems.
All Diamond products come with a one year limited warranty, a Diamond guarantee of quality manufacturing experience and a recently upgraded, US based, customer support system.
The AMP is geared towards helping U.S. manufacturers reduce costs and speed ideas from the drawing board to the manufacturing floor, creating high quality jobs and increasing U.S. global competitiveness in manufacturing.
Remember those mighty keiretsu, the webs of supplier relationships that improved parts quality and manufacturing flow for Japanese companies?
Three legs of the tripod need to be built: branding, quality and manufacturing.
FORBES: China's Auto Industry Shows Signs Of Impending Gridlock
Among the measures, the drugmaker said it has hired an independent pharmaceutical consulting firm to identify corrective actions to improve quality and manufacturing systems at its Fort Washington facility.
And most importantly, American workers are back at the assembly line manufacturing the high-quality, fuel-efficient, American-made cars of tomorrow, capable of going toe to toe with any other manufacturer in the world.
"We are satisfied now that the decision has been made so that our membership and management can focus on designing, engineering and manufacturing the finest-quality products for the future success of the Chrysler Group, " Gettelfinger said.
He stayed on to advise Japanese businessmen how to inject quality into their manufacturing industry.
And over the next year, Embrace intends to hire 25 more people in engineering, quality assurance, manufacturing, sales and marketing.
FORBES: Embrace Warms Up Premature Babies At the Bottom of the Pyramid
In his top-level reshuffle, disclosed Thursday, Mulally also installed global leaders for purchasing, quality and advanced manufacturing engineering and information technology.
The highest quality materials, intricate manufacturing processes and meticulous manual assembly at Leica Camera's facility in Germany guarantee functional reliability for years to come.
ENGADGET: Leica M9-P looks like it costs a fortune, doesn't disappoint
It put Synaptics through the passes, scrutinizing its quality control, testing and manufacturing capabilities.
The ambitious goals established in these standards will drive innovation in the manufacturing sector and help create high-quality jobs across the country.
WHITEHOUSE: Energy and Environment Latest News | The White House
Modern manufacturing has succeeded in delivering levels of quality, safety and sheer variety that would have been inconceivable to the enterprise owner of even 20 years ago.
It became a training ground for a number of Toyota and GM managers, who learned how to work with Americans under a manufacturing system that placed an emphasis on quality and efficiency.
The generic manufacturing and packaging sites must pass the same quality standards as those for brand-name drugs.
FORBES: FDA Approves Generic Clopidogrels As Plavix Loses Patent Protection
To meet the mandate of buying 30% of its products from small-scale local industries, IKEA would have to help those vendors modernize their infrastructure and manufacturing capabilities to ensurethey can offerworld-class quality.
It could be improved quality to reduce their defects in manufacturing, it could be improved levels of service to reduce delays, and it could include increasing customer service to get a better outcome.
In the case of Tesla, the result has been a resurgence in American manufacturing ability and the creation of over 3500 high quality jobs.
FORBES: Romney Has It Wrong, Coal Is A Sell And Tesla Is A Buy
应用推荐