The document discusses innovations at Western Electric, including establishing an Engineering Research Center in 1958 with over 400 researchers dedicated to advancing manufacturing technologies. It also discusses innovations in management, quality assurance pioneered by Joseph M. Juran using statistical analysis, and ensuring products are "fit for purpose" and "right first time". Western Electric ended in 1995 when the company was renamed Lucent Technologies and as of 2013 the Western Electric brand survives as a vacuum tube manufacturer in Alabama.