CHAPTER FORTY
The Emerging Theory of Manufacturing
WE CANNOT BUILD IT YET. But already we can specify the “postmodern” factory of 1999. Its essence will not be mechanical, though there will be plenty of machines. Its essence will be conceptual—the product of four principles and practices that together constitute a new approach to manufacturing.
Each of these concepts is being developed separately, by different people with different starting points and different agendas. Each concept has its own objectives and its own kinds of impact. Statistical Quality Control is changing the social organization of the factory. The new manufacturing accounting ...
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