Chapter 11
Merwyn Rapid Research Subsystem
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Written & Read By
Doug Hall
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Chapter Excerpt
Before We Begin – An Explanation
I must admit that, as the founder of the Innovation Engineering movement, I have used my position to name the research subsystem after my father Merwyn Bradford Hall. I did this because, without his insistence that I learn Dr. Deming’s principles, there would be no Innovation Engineering movement. I also did it because of my appreciation for what he did for me. My appreciation for what he taught me about life and business grows as I age.
I chose research to honor my dad because research and enabling frontline employees to do the research themselves was very important to him. In a keynote speech he gave in 1981, he explained the importance of enabling workers.
All through our plant, we have eliminated quality control technicians. The operators do all of the testing and charting. By giving the tools to the workers, they get it right themselves instead of checking the product at the end of the process.
—Merwyn Bradford Hall
So that’s where the name came from. You are welcome to use it in his memory—or simply call this subsystem Rapid Research. So with a toast to my dad, of 18-year Macallan whiskey, his favorite, we begin.