Industrial Processes

to guarantee that quality remained at an acceptable level. If quality dropped, the production lines would be shut down, tying the success of management directly to its control of quality. The people in charge were thus personally committed to product quality, and could not delegate this responsibility. Stranger in a Strange Land How Homer Sarasohn Brought Industrial Quality to Japan and Why It Took Japan So Long to Learn By Robert X. Cringely

Who is going to shut down production of your golf course when there is a misinterpretation of the design intent, or the architect's idea for a particular feature doesn't fit?

Some investors will have to wait a week, a month or a quarter for quality control.Studies about industrial production tell us the architect won't correct all misinterpretations. He'll let some borderline work slide.
The only way to guarantee high quality is to have the architect communicate and monitor the most costly and permanent design phase on a daily basis... Construction.

Tony Ristola
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