Thai Summit Corporation, Quality finish
Author: The Manufacturer US
Mike Zimmerman and Larry Snowden of automotive stampers Ogihara America Corporation explained to Mike Boswell how objective measurement and a versatile workforce help the pursuit of value and quality
A long time ago I made my first visit to Rolls Royce’s motor car factory at Crewe, England. One lasting memory of that young undergraduate’s visit was the inspection of body panel finish. An inspector would go over the finished bodywork with a low-power frosted-glass lamp bulb in which you can just see the outline of the filament through the frosted glass. If he could not see that outline perfectly reflected in the paint finish, that panel was rejected and sent back for reworking.
