Professor Elam

Matsushita aka Panasonic is a gigantic electronics manufacturer.  One of my interests is digital photography, note the photo albums on the blog.  I am using Olympus digital cameras.  Panasonic has decided to actively pursue this market and has adopted the same 4/3 digital tnadard as Olympus. 

Now click  to read about the manufacturing process. Leica is a famous German manufacturer of cameras and lenses.  But porduction in Germany is painfully slow. Panasonic has automated the process while maintaining the Leica quality.  In this way Panasonic expects to greatly expand the production of previously near  unavailable lenses at now affordable prices.

This is what Total Quality Manufacturing is all about. We study this in cost accounting. AS your read about Dr. Deming, learn how coupling statistical quality control with high standards results in improved productivity. That is what this article spotlights.

  Notice how much this looks like HOnda's first hybrid design, turns out the aerodynamic shape looks like an egg.