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Originally Posted by Fishpart
Agree with one exception, if you study manufacturing, you will learn that Honda and Toyota don't build less expensive vehicles through low wages and skirting environmental regulations but by a system of relentless continuous improvement.
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The story always goes that in Detroit, problems we're ignored because the unions didn't want to stop the vehicles from moving out the door.
In Japan, ANY employee can stop the production line if they see a problem.
LEAN Manufacturing has really changed how a lot of product development companies operate.
-spence