ben jonson wrote:
> The British Leyland experience of 'stop/go' assembly lines springs to mind illuminating how quality control is much more than an issue of production.
>
> One may thus speculate why Japanese car manufacturers have been more successful than their Anglo-Saxon counterparts - after all
> the Toyota Production System, TPS, was inspried by Henry Ford (who was instrumental in the US victory of WWII), and Deming was a consultant to the
> Japanese industry.
I believe that Britain has been fertile ground for the Toyota system.
Toyota, Honda and Nissan have all built successful plants in areas of
Britain that were not used to the old practices.
best
Chris
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