汽车制造业诞生了那么多新奇的玩艺儿,比如用虚拟仿真研发新车型,精益制造中的两毫米工程,或者用一个电子标签就可以跟踪记录从零配件到组装到汽车报废整个过程的全部数据。然而这些眼花缭乱的东西并非汽车行业的本质,它们只是一种手段,用来帮助完成这个行业的本质,那就是“可积累的持续改进”。 So many novelty gadgets were born in the automotive industry, such as developing new models with virtual simulations, two-millimeter projects in lean manufacturing, or tracking all of the entire process from assembly to assembly to scrap using an electronic tag data. However, these dazzling things are not the essence of the automotive industry. They are just a means to help accomplish the essence of the industry. They are “accumulative continuous improvement.”