A close shave
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Shave testing was done on the blades manufactured by Gillette where the panel members were required to rate the comfort level after every shave. A mechanical test for sharpness of razor blades was later conducted based on which the edges of the blade were coated with silicon which showed remarkable improvement in the comfort of shaving, which enabled the launch of Gillette Super Blade with a smash hit in the market.
Publication Name: Quality Progress
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0033-524X
Year: 2004
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Beating the roulette wheel
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Joseph Juran shares his experiences from early in his career in 1926 when he was working as an engineer for the Hawthorne Works in Cicero, IL, from a gambling house operated by Al Capone. He feels that playing roulette was a losing proposition if one placed bets at random.
Publication Name: Quality Progress
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0033-524X
Year: 2003
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Process capability: the heat coil
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In 1926 Joseph M. Juran collected the data related to the performance of heat coil where in he reinvented the concept of quantifying process capability. This process is one of the most useful analytical tools available to practitioners in managing quality.
Publication Name: Quality Progress
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0033-524X
Year: 2004
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