Article: Quality Control Propels City Firm into Big Leagues

Total quality control management has propelled Oklahoma City-based Ted Davis Manufacturing from a backyard operation to one with the strength to steal major customers away from some of the largest Japanese companies, such as Hitachi Ltd.

Two of those new customers are computer giants International Business Machines Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. The new business was obtained within the last three months and is proof of the growth potential for the local company, which builds clean room assemblies for disk drives.

Ted Davis, president and chief executive officer, said the extra business fattened the Oklahoma City payroll by about 60 to 70 jobs.

"The most exciting thing about Ted Davis ...

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