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Yearly Archives: 2007
Game Theory Management
Interesting article on applying game theory to business decisions. Game theory is a tool that is not often used. Though most organizations are probably better off improving how they use the rest of their management tools, it is fun to … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Innovation, Management, Quality tools
Tagged Data, evidence based management, Innovation
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Innovative Marketing Podcast
This podcast on Lego Mindstorms NXT, Lead Users, and Viral Marketing [the broken link was removed] is interesting. The discussion does a good job of explaining how factors like web 2.0 and “open source” can allow business to operate in … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Fun, Innovation, Science
Tagged Innovation, marketing, open source, Systems thinking
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Toyota’s Real Secret?
Well actually it isn’t a secret – it is in fact the Toyota Production/Management System. Maybe, if people assume the TPS is about improvement in the factory alone, then they could miss the true importance as the management system that … Continue reading
Posted in Management, Management Articles, Manufacturing, Systems thinking, Toyota Production System (TPS)
Tagged Toyota, Toyota Production System (TPS)
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It’s Easy Being Lean
Nice article, nice title too, a bit overoptimistic maybe but still nice 🙂 – It’s Easy Being Lean [the broken link was removed]: The program advocates lean manufacturing, whose main tenet is that the processes used to produce things can … Continue reading
Focus on Quality and…
Recipe For Success [the broken link was removed]: “Recipe for Success: Focus on Quality, Reduce Work-in-Progress, Balance Capacity against Demand, Prioritize” These four statements really boil down all my management teaching in to four actionable directives that will deliver significant … Continue reading
Posted in Management
Tagged Software Development, Systems thinking
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Newt on Management History
The new Newt thing [the broken link was removed] “I don’t mean to be argumentative,” he says, as he scribbles a chart on the history of management reform, tucking dates alongside names like Motorola and Deming and Ohno, all the … Continue reading
Systems Improvement Example
Interesting paper – The Dynamics of Crowd Disasters: An Empirical Study [the broken link was removed] (see other interesting material on the website). Systems thinking allowed the engineers to design a solution that wasn’t about enforcing the existing rules more … Continue reading
Knowledge Management – Management is Prediction
This presentation web video discusses the idea of managing corporate information: Seamless Information Capture and Discovery for Corporate Memory [the broken link was removed]. The video focuses on discussing technical solutions. The most important factor to me, is the value … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, IT, Quality tools, Systems thinking
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Reacting to Product Problems
Previously we posted on recalls at Toyota and Sony. Recently Toyota announced another large recall. Investor’s Business Daily writes on the topic in: The Ups And Downs Of Doing Product Recalls – Japan-Style [the broken link was removed]: Kitayama also … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Management, Manufacturing, Systems thinking, Toyota Production System (TPS)
Tagged Deming, Manufacturing, problem solving, Systems thinking
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Performance Measures and Statistics Course
Performance Measures and Statistics Course [the broken link was removed] – free course materials from a 2 day training course by Steven Prevette. Topics include: Dr. Deming’s red bead experiment, operational definitions, selecting performance targets, SPC, theory of variation, case … Continue reading
