Thanks for the comment Ron! Yes. HP was key and I believe they adapted it from a Japanese company back when Japan was the model for manufacturing. I hope readers start to think about all this in a different way. It was fun writing for the HP Chronicle.
Way to get us thinking. I covered HP in the eighties through 2014. Origin of the term has been traced to executives at the company Hewlett-Packard for management practices in the 1970s. HP manager offices were designed to make this easy; just another cubicle on the floor.
Thanks for the comment Ron! Yes. HP was key and I believe they adapted it from a Japanese company back when Japan was the model for manufacturing. I hope readers start to think about all this in a different way. It was fun writing for the HP Chronicle.
Way to get us thinking. I covered HP in the eighties through 2014. Origin of the term has been traced to executives at the company Hewlett-Packard for management practices in the 1970s. HP manager offices were designed to make this easy; just another cubicle on the floor.