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Yearly Archives: 2007
Think Long Term Act Daily
Great stuff from the DailyKaizen [the broken link was removed]: Over the last three months we have been working to incorporate PDCA discipline into our Model Line planning process. We are quite literally building a new management system in the … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Management, Process improvement, Systems thinking
Tagged Systems thinking
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Management Improvement Carnival #3
More links to interesting management improvement blog posts. Lean IT – what comes first, technology or waste reduction? by Kent Blumberg – “rather than pushing technology on people and processes (the traditional top-down approach), Toyota looks to the people and … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Carnival, IT, Management
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UK National Health System Management
Another article on the UK national health system using lean thinking: In the drive to save the NHS, I’m choosing a Toyota by Simon Caulkin: So the lessons of Toyota come out rather differently from what you might expect. Large … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Health care, Management
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Performance Appraisals – Is Good Execution the Solution?
Performance review proponents say the way it is done matters most[the broken link was removed] (based on reaction to: Performance appraisals get low marks[the broken link was removed]): Deming, it seems, has many fans. His view of performance reviews? He … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Performance Appraisal, Systems thinking
Tagged Deming, managing people, Performance Appraisal, Psychology, Systems thinking
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In-house Health Clinics
Big Companies Turning To In-house Health Clinics (article removed – poor usability – so link removed) Today a new wave of clinics is opening, driven largely by a motive that was less of a factor in the past: employers’ desires … Continue reading
Manufacturing in Asia
The Economist explores the trend to manufacture in Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia… instead of China in: The problem with Made in China: helping China’s share of the world’s exported goods to triple to 7.3% between 1993 and 2005. In comparison, every … Continue reading
Posted in China, Economics, India, Manufacturing
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Innovation Examples
Two examples from 37signals: first, Pioneer Theater. Good idea. I am stretching to call it innovation, today, maybe 5 years ago it was. Today I think any reasonably sized theater should have something like this in place. The interface is … Continue reading
Interviewing and Hiring Programmers
Interviewing and Hiring by Tom Van Vleck “Let’s take a break from talking to people. Why don’t you have a seat in this empty office, and write a small program. Use any language you want to. The program can do … Continue reading
Posted in Career, IT, Management, Software Development
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Applied Quality Engineering Education
Classroom projects translate into immediate workplace gains for working professionals in engineering [the broken link was removed] In the final semester of his UW–Madison master’s degree, Bob Aloisi didn’t just earn a letter grade in his quality engineering class: He … Continue reading
Posted in Career, Education, Management, Science
Tagged economy, engineering, Madison, Manufacturing, Wisconsin
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USA Healthcare Costs Now 16% of GDP
U.S. Health Spending Estimates [the broken link was removed]: Health care spending growth in the United States slowed for the third consecutive year in 2005, increasing 6.9 percent compared to 7.2 percent growth in 2004 and 8.1 percent in 2003, … Continue reading
