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Originally Posted by LAA
There doesn't need to be a QC staff for every piece. A competent final assembler can easily pass or reject parts. Unless of course, the total process is automated with robots.
As far as mass produced parts go, it's also easy to see and reject parts that standout as defects. Just pull them out of the line at that point. To have one reject out of every three, would be on the side of being ridiculous, unless all workers have particularly bad eyesight. Or they're just mindless robot types.
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After WWII, the Japanese, with the help of an American, developed the process of doing away with inspectors by making each person responsible for their work, including the ability to stop production if a problem was found, rather than letting it go through the production system and rely on an inspector to find it and have it corrected. It's why the Japanese were beating the pants off US automakers in the 80's and 90's. Unfortunately for us, the consumers, this practice has been slow to catch on in other products produced in our country, most notably the RV industry, but I digress.
My point is, if you train employees properly and empower them to be able to make decisions, you can do away with inspectors.
