About the Author
JOHN W. DAVIS describes himself as a “self-made man.” After high school and four years in the United States Air Force, a family situation made it impossible for him to attend college on a full-time basis. He therefore began his career on the shop floor with Virco Manufacturing (school and office furniture) while attending tech school at night, and over a period of years worked his way up to the position of time study analyst in the industrial engineering department.
After eight years at Virco, Davis accepted a position as industrial engineer for a sporting goods firm (Shakespeare Manufacturing) where he says he received a “practical education” in both manufacturing and industrial engineering. It was at Shakespeare that he ...
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