Re:Ask HN: What is the role of economic advisors to a nation...
by Eoan on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @11:43AM
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Laziness or arrogance.
Like when the engineer and statistician W. Edwards Deming suggested improvements in manufacturing, but US manufacturers ignored him.
>Why were Deming's views on quality control initially ignored in the United States?
>Following World War II, Deming was largely ignored in the productivity-crazed United States. ... The message Deming made to the United States was that productivity without quality was a dead end. He attempted to teach engineers his philosophy, but the companies they worked for were focused on other things.
Like when the engineer and statistician W. Edwards Deming suggested improvements in manufacturing, but US manufacturers ignored him.
>Why were Deming's views on quality control initially ignored in the United States?
>Following World War II, Deming was largely ignored in the productivity-crazed United States. ... The message Deming made to the United States was that productivity without quality was a dead end. He attempted to teach engineers his philosophy, but the companies they worked for were focused on other things.