C. Martin Hinckley
C. Martin Hinckley, Ph.D., has extensive experience on design projects requiring the highest levels of quality and reliability. Under his leadership, new products were developed at a fraction of traditional costs. In one case, the first prototype of a major subsystem was assembled virtually defect-free in one-seventh the time initially projected. Part counts were dramatically reduced and many of the parts were procured at one-tenth the cost of original estimates. Most fixtures were eliminated, and among those that were not, the cost of fixtures was reduced a hundred-fold. Dr. Hinckley is author of “Make No Mistake” (Productivity Press, 2001), has a Ph.D. from Stanford University in Mechanical Engineering. He is president of Assured Quality, a firm dedicated to helping companies break excessive dependence on Statistical Quality Control and begin to rely instead on powerful and cost effective mistake-proofing techniques. For more, visit: www.assuredquality.com
