In each episode of End of the Line, manufacturing veteran Jim Anderton expresses his compelling and unique opinions about the state of the manufacturing sector. He shares his thoughts and insights to help engineering and manufacturing professionals navigate through the challenges of world events, the blending old with new technologies, evolving processes, gaps in skilled labour, in an effort to help maximize productivity of their daily operations.
In this episode, Jim discusses how perfection in manufacturing may be the sign of highly imperfect manufacturing system. In general, defective parts should not be celebrated, but he argues that defective rates that are on target every time should.