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Re Myth #1:

> Myth #1:  For years I have heard reference to a "famous" study done Ford
> (?) on transmissions(?).  One version of the story goes:  Ford and Mazda
> were both using an identical (in design) transmission.
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Some input on source on this one.  I first
encountered this story in one of the Transformation of American
Industry (copyright PQSystems) videos (c.1985).  The story was done
on video by David Scwhinn, P.E.  (then a Stat/Eng. guy for FORD) and
the US transmission plant was given as being Batavia, OH (?).  This
was, I think, around module 7 or 8 of the TOA series.  Ing. Scwhinn
went on to become a principal in PQSystems, which is still very much
in business so if one was really interested one might contact
him/them.

I also think I recall reading of the same study in perhaps a  Wheeler
 or a Myron Tribus paper/publication or elsewhere, but at the moment
I don't really recall where.   In my mind the study is legitimate and
should be removed from myth status.


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L.H. Garlinghouse, C.Q.E.
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