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The conventional approach has put emphasis upon reducing labour, and increasing efficiency and uniformity. But this holds good only in the mass production paradigm. As we are entering the age of small production with far wider varieties, these principles of yesterday should be re-examined. Labour itself sometimes gives satisfaction if it involves the joy of creation, and longer time does not necessarily mean just patience, it sometimes turns into expectation if greater joy will be provided later. Too much fitness for the purpose sometimes means lack of robustness and adaptability to the quickly and widely changing environment. Thus, we should reconsider the items we thought important in the mass production age to aptly cope with the diversification of each customer’s requirements.
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Fukuda, S. From product-oriented to process-oriented: Emerging new engineering paradigm. Bull. Mater. Sci. 19, 887–891 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02744625
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02744625