By 1951 the Japanese were already giving out an annual award named for W.
Edwards Deming, the father of the Quality Assurance movement. It isn't
surprising that Japanese automobiles surpassed American (and British) ones
in quality.
Here's a great, relatively short writeup on Deming's life and work:
http://www.asq.org/join/about/history/deming.html
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-datsun-roadsters@Autox.Team.Net
> [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@Autox.Team.Net]On Behalf Of
> Keith0alan@aol.com
> Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 9:43 AM
> To: roadster@schroeder-family.us; datsun-roadsters@Autox.Team.Net
> Subject: Re: OT Lucas Electrics
>
>
> Don't be so smug. The electricals in the roadster is Lucas built under
> license. Amazing in that our copy works great and the original is
> such junk. I
> think the answer is basic quality control and better materials.
>
> keith
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