Identification and Report on Japanese Research in Statistical Process Control for Assuring Product and Process Quality, Tokyo, Tsukuba, Yokosuka, and Osaka, Japan, May 19-31, 1989: Foreign Trip Report.

摘要

During a trip that extended from May 17 to June 1, 1989, I was a member of the survey team organized by the National Institute of Standard and Technology. We learned how total quality control (TQC) is conducted at the Japanese industries and its general philosophy which is quite different from that of the US industries. We found the Taguchi method is not as popular in Japan as it is in the US. A detailed report will be prepared later for publication in the ONR Scientific Bulletin.