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Category Archives: Process improvement
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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Making Better Decisions
Comment on: When Times Are Tough, Do You Make Better Decisions? [the broken link was removed] When times are tough you are more likely to do something – take some action, make some decision. When times are good, many are … Continue reading
Posted in Management, Process improvement, Psychology
Tagged critical thinking, Process improvement
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Epidemic of Diagnoses
What’s Making Us Sick Is an Epidemic of Diagnoses by Dr. Welch, Dr. Schwartz and Dr. Woloshin: For most Americans, the biggest health threat is not avian flu, West Nile or mad cow disease. It’s our health-care system. True, and … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Health care, Management, Process improvement, Psychology, Quality tools
Tagged control chart, Deming, process thinking, Quality tools, tampering, variation
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Holding Improvement Gains
The Hard Part: Holding Improvement Gains [the broken link was removed] by Ron Snee The long term goal should be to combine all improvement initiatives into an overall improvement system and create the management framework to sustain that system. Thus, … Continue reading
Posted in Management, Process improvement
Tagged culture, Psychology
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How to Improve
My management philosophy is guided by the idea of seeking methods that will be most effective.* There are many ways to improve. Good management systems are about seeking systemic adoption of the most effective solutions. What this amounts to is … Continue reading
European Blackout: Human Error-Not
German utility E.On says major European blackout was caused by human error [the broken link was removed] Germany utility E.On AG said Wednesday that a European-wide blackout earlier this month that left millions without power was the result of human … Continue reading
Evidence-based Management
Bob Sutton’s writing includes the excellent article “Management Advice: Which 90% is Crap?” (which we discussed in: Management Advice Failures) and the Knowing Doing Gap. I just discovered his blog today which is quite good: Work Matters. A recent post includes some good advice on data and process improvement Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Data, Deming, Health care, Management, Process improvement
Tagged economic data, evidence based management, Management
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Leaving Quality Behind – Again No
Is PAT Leaving Quality Behind? [the broken link was removed] The intent of PAT was to advocate a more scientific and methodical approach to product development, scale-up and production. The impact of PAT will be felt in all sectors of … Continue reading
Posted in Health care, Management, Process improvement
Tagged Management, quality, Quality tools
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Toyota Targets 50% Reduction in Maintenance Waste
Inside the Toyota Maintenance Reduction 50 Percent by Paul V. Arnold (sadly the site broke the link, so I removed it): First, it is Maintenance Reduction 50 Percent, not Cost Reduction 50 Percent or Employee Reduction 50 Percent. “The goal … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Deming, Lean thinking, Management, Management Articles, Process improvement, Toyota Production System (TPS)
Tagged Deming, Lean thinking, targets, Toyota
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Patent Review Innovation
Michael Crichton wrote an essay critical of the current patent law: This Essay Breaks the Law. I believe the US is making significant mistakes in how we are proceeding with the patent system, see: The Patent System Needs to be … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Economics, Innovation, IT, Management, Process improvement
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