Japan sold a lot of cheap consumer goods; toys, notions, etc; during the
1930s; house slippers with paper soles, for example; such that "made in
Japan" was synonymous with junk. This continued after WW-2 until Japan set
up an agency that tested export goods and would not issue an export licence
unless the products met fairly high standards. That was the beginning of
Japans reputation for quality products and its export success.
Gerry.....who bought the Japanese stuff at the "five and dime" stores during
the '30s.
From: "Dieselhead" <126die...@gmail.com>
>The great irony here is that the Japanese learned quality management from
the US after WWII (Google: W. Edwards Demming). The US developed/used
these
quality approaches for the massive WWII war production. The ironic part
is
that US industry then blew off all these quality lessons after the war and
focused on just making money, which wasn't hard for the only surviving
industrial base in the world. That came to a grinding halt when the
Japanese (using quality methods learned from us) became the world leader
for
quality back in the 80s and 90s. We older folks recall the 50s and 60s
when
"made in Japan" meant junk.
Hear Hear! (visualize Ben Franklin stomping his cane on the floor.)
(ASQ Senior member)
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