RM> a tv doesn't reach out and fiddle with the assembly process!
 RM> How good would tvs be if each tv could elect to accept, or 
 RM> NOT accept, vital components?  How about tvs that can absent
 RM> themselves from the assembly line on days of their choice?
CB>Deming states that this problem only accounts for about 15% of the
CB>quality problem, 85% comes from poor management.
 RM> Huh??  "This problem" as in a tv not accepting components or
 RM> absenting itself??  I must be confused; surely you don't 
 RM> mean what you seem to be saying?  
 RM> Maybe you mean Matt's point about incoming materials?  That
 RM> would make a LITTLE sense!      ;-)
What I am saying is that both the problem you mentioned and Matt's statement 
only account for about 15% of the problems with education in this country.  
85% is caused by poor management.
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