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Category Archives: Management Articles
Shigeo Shingo’s Influence on TPS
A very interesting article by Art Smalley based on an interview with Mr. Isao Kato: Shigeo Shingo’s Influence on TPS [the broken link was removed]. For those interested in the history of the Toyota Production System this article provides some … Continue reading
Management: Geeks and Deming
Why Business Needs More Geeks [the broken link was removed] by Robert May: then along came Wall Street. Obsessed with quarterly profit increases and seeing them as disconnected from value creation, Wall Street encouraged businesses to think short-term. The things … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Innovation, Management, Management Articles
Tagged Deming, IT, management, technology
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Airlines Try Smarter Boarding
Airlines Try Smarter Boarding [the broken link was removed] by Dave Demerjian An airplane that spends an hour on the ground between flights might fly five trips a day,” he explains. “Cut the turnaround time to 40 minutes, and maybe … Continue reading
Posted in Lean thinking, Management Articles, Process improvement, Systems thinking
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Six Sigma and Process Drift
Quality Quandaries: Six Sigma, Process Drift, Capability Indices, and Feedback Adjustment by George Box and Alberto Luceno. This article is for the more statistically inclined. The Six Sigma specification makes an allowance of 1.5 standard deviations for process drift. Simple … Continue reading
Posted in Management Articles, Manufacturing, Process improvement, Quality tools, Six sigma, Statistics
Tagged George Box, Six sigma, SPC, Statistics, variation
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Innovation at Google
Turning Limitations into Innovation [the broken link was removed] by Marissa Ann Mayer: people working on it have spent so much time and are so personally invested that it’s too painful to walk away. They often know the project is … Continue reading
Lean Thinking Misconception
Office Furniture Companies Now Leaner [the broken link was removed] Steelcase, the largest of the nation’s office furniture companies, cut thousands of jobs, consolidated manufacturing operations and started relying more on third-party suppliers and outsourcing as it shifted toward a … Continue reading
Posted in Lean thinking, Management Articles, Manufacturing
Tagged lean manufacturing, Lean thinking
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Production Preparation Process
The Top 5 Reasons for Using Production Preparation Process (3P) [the broken link was removed] by Jon Miller: Production Preparation Process (3P) is one part of an overall Lean design approach that includes QFD, design reviews, and post-start up monitoring … Continue reading
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Tagged Quality tools
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Quality Conversation with Gary Convis
Quality Conversation with Gary Convis by Norman Bodek: There are two pillars; one is continuous improvement. You might not call this a human issue exactly, but Toyota’s success rests on the need for all employees, all management, to be looking … Continue reading
Creativity Overflowing
Creativity Overflowing [the broken link was removed] : It was clear that Whirlpool needed to reinvent its corporate culture. To do so, it had to figure out the answers to basic questions that managers everywhere struggle with: How do you … Continue reading
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Stop Demotivating Employees
Why Your Employees Are Losing Motivation [broken link removed – Harvard is extremely bad about breaking links, which is an indication of how little they think about anything but the short term] by David Sirota, Louis A. Mischkind, and Michael … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Management, Management Articles, Popular, Psychology
Tagged management, managing people, Psychology, respect for people, short term thinking
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