http://www.velaction.com/inspection-and-quality-2/ Everything Lean for Leaders and their Teams Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:41:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.velaction.com/inspection-and-quality-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2179 Mark Welch Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:35:11 +0000 http://www.velaction.com/?p=6435#comment-2179 I think you are dead-on target with your thoughts on this, Jeff. I read a quote from Deming almost 20 years ago - "All inspection is waste." So, you're in good company. If we ask ourselves if inspection adds value, hopefully most all of us would give a resounding, "NO!" As you pointed out, though, it's SO HARD to change this paradigm, especially in American culture. In fact, when I've brought this thinking to some colleagues, they won't accept it unless some published authority espouses the same thinking. (So much for their opinion of MY credibility!) Those of us who understand the notion of built in quality (BIQ) as one of the "walls" of the Toyota House Model, with Jidoka, Andon, Poka Yoke, etc. see this as a no-brainer. Unfortunately, I think most people have to experience this concept in real life before they will accept it... I think you are dead-on target with your thoughts on this, Jeff. I read a quote from Deming almost 20 years ago – “All inspection is waste.” So, you’re in good company. If we ask ourselves if inspection adds value, hopefully most all of us would give a resounding, “NO!” As you pointed out, though, it’s SO HARD to change this paradigm, especially in American culture. In fact, when I’ve brought this thinking to some colleagues, they won’t accept it unless some published authority espouses the same thinking. (So much for their opinion of MY credibility!) Those of us who understand the notion of built in quality (BIQ) as one of the “walls” of the Toyota House Model, with Jidoka, Andon, Poka Yoke, etc. see this as a no-brainer. Unfortunately, I think most people have to experience this concept in real life before they will accept it…

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