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1950
- W. Edward Deming's Total Quality Control (TQC) revolution
- 14 Points and
chain of production concept |
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1950
- Concept of Production Viewed as a System by W. Edwards Deming
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precursor of supply chain |
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1950s
- Development of Design of Experiments by Genichi Taguchi leading
to Total
Quality Control(TQC) and Total Quality Management (TQM) |
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1951
- Quality Control Handbook by Joseph Juran |
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1951-1953
- Machining center (Milwaukee-Matic) by Francis J. Trecker |
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1951
– Teleoperated articulated arm by Raymond Goertz for Atomic
Energy
Comission |
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1952
– Bar code patented by Norman Joseph Woodland & Bernand
Silver |
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1952
– Numerical Control (NC) and sets off development of DNC
and CNC - the
basic control systems for machine tools |
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1953
– Automation by John Diebold defines word 'Automation'
in manufacturing
and in information technology |
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1954
– Programmable robot by George Devol |
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1954
– IBM 650 and FORTRAN (word comes combining 'formula' and
'translation'
by John Backus |
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1954
– Maser by Charles Townes |
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1955
– SAGE program begins computer-aided-design revolution |
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1956
– Programmed article transfer patent by George Devol |
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1957
– Russian Sputnik launched |
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1957
– PRONTO by Patrick J. Hanratty (father of CADD/CAM) a
first step numerical
control programming |
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1957
– LISP programming language by John McCarthy and first
step towards artifical
intelligence (AI) |
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1957
– Laser by Charles Townes and A. L. Schwlow |
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1958
– Integrated Circuits (ICs) by Robert Noyce, and by Jack
Kilby |
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1959
– Transistor radio by Motorola |
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