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Category Archives: Management
Deming and the New York Times
Steve Brant, in All The News That’s FIT To Print, mentions that the New York Times applied some of Deming’s ideas in the past. He also links to several articles that mention those attempts. One article is from the The … Continue reading
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Statistical Consulting
In the current issue of AMSTAT News (American Satistical Association) the President’s letter is focused on Statistical Consulting and W. Edwards Deming. He makes a good point, echoing those others have been making for quite some time: More and more, … Continue reading
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Critical Chain, TOC Email List
Email lists have been going out of style, but they can be a useful way to interact with a shared community (when moderated properly). The Theory of Constraints (TOC) email list (Yahoo group) CriticalChain, is useful for those interested in … Continue reading
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Deming on Management
Topic: Management Improvement I have added a new section to Curious Cat Management Improvement Connections titled: Deming on Management. W. Edwards Deming’s management ideas have greatly influenced modern management practice. Many quotes and thoughts are attributed to him. Sometimes these … Continue reading
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Lean Manufacturing at Castcon-Stone
Lean manufacturing transforms operations at Saxonburg company: Kerckhoff said redoing certain portions of products accounted for about 12 percent of the company’s volume of work last year. However, after implementing the new lean manufacturing initiative, the number is now down … Continue reading
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Toyota in India
The Toyota Way Goes Bottom-up [the broken link was removed] by Subir Roy, Business Standard (India). An interview with managing director of Toyota Kirloskar: Atsushi Toyoshima. Toyota’s official vision is a 15 per cent share of the global market by … Continue reading
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Managing with Control Charts
Ideas from the Tiger’s Head by Simon Caulkin, The Observer. This is a remarkably nuanced short article on control charts given that it is a newspaper article (which normally overly simplify such concepts to the point not much of value … Continue reading
Six Sigma Interview with Alan Harrison
Six Sigma Interview with Alan Harrison, Weir Pumps Ltd [the broken link was removed]: Everyone has been trained to some degree on what we have termed the Weir Production System, which includes but is not limited to TPS and Six … Continue reading
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Google Talk
Google is at it again. They have announce Google Talk [the broken link was removed]: Google Talk is a simple and free way to talk with and send instant messages to your friends. Like Gmail, Google Talk uses Google’s innovative … Continue reading
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Has Six Sigma been a failure?
My response to the message, Has Six Sigma been a failure? (broken link was removed) on the Deming Electronic Network email list (DEN). I think Six Sigma has been a success. Do I think it the best option? No, I … Continue reading
