ADLC: Why Judgment Must Move Upstream

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by SD Times at 16 Oct, 18:15 UTC

In early automobile assembly, the most skilled workers were fitters, who hand-finished each part so it would fit with its neighbor. The role disappeared when precision gauging made interchangeable parts possible. However, their expertise was not lost; it moved upstream into the jigs, fixtures, and…