Thirty Years of Turbulence - Chinese Enterprises

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David Gavin's paper "Quality at Risk" published in the September issue of Harvard Business Review further confirms this judgment. In the paper, he revealed a surprising data: according to his research on all American and Japanese air conditioning manufacturers, the average assembly line error rate of Japanese companies is 70 times lower than that of American companies, and the failure rate of the worst Japanese companies is even lower than half of the failure rate of the best American manufacturers; In terms of absenteeism rate, the average for American companies is 3.1%, while for Japanese companies it is zero. It is obvious that Japan's rise in recent years is not accidental, and their rigor and strictness in the manufacturing line have paid off. According to research by David Gavin and many economists, it is almost impossible for the United States to defeat the Japanese in terms of quality, on-site management, and cost - at most, it would be a draw. This is an almost hopeless conclusion. American entrepreneurs will remain immersed in this despair for many years, until seven years later they regain their confidence and advantage in the information industry.