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Tag Archives: Process improvement
5s at NASA
NASA did some amazing things culminating with landing on Moon. Much of what they did was doing many small things very well. They used 5s, checklists, gemba thinking, usability, simplicity, testing out on a small scale and much more. Here … Continue reading
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Tagged government, lean manufacturing, Process improvement, Quality tools, USA, usability
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Introductory Videos on Using Design of Experiments to Improve Results
The video shows Stu Hunter discussing design of experiments in 1966. It might be a bit slow going at first but the full set of videos really does give you a quick overview of the many important aspects of design … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Design of Experiments, Science, Six sigma, Statistics
Tagged Data, Design of Experiments, engineering, experiments, Process improvement, Science, Six sigma, Statistics, variation, webcast
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Richard Feynman Explains the PDSA Cycle
Ok, really Richard Feynman Explains the scientific method. But his thoughts make the similarity between the PDSA cycle and the scientific method obvious. 1) Plan, hypothesis. You make a guess about a theory (in using the PDSA cycle this step … Continue reading
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Tagged experiments, PDSA, Popular, prediction, Process improvement, Quality tools, Science
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Management Blog Posts From November 2006
I have selected a few great posts from the Curious Cat Management Blog back in November 2006. What Could we do Better? – There are many important ideas to improve management. This is one of the most important tips to … Continue reading
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Tagged blogs, curiouscat, Data, Deming, management, Process improvement, Quality tools, quote, tips
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Selling Quality Improvement
In this month’s ASQ influential quality voices post, Paul Borawski asks How Do You “Sell” Quality? I am amazed how difficult it is to sell quality improvement. I look at organizations I interact with and easily see systemic failures due … Continue reading
Keys to the Effective Use of the PDSA Improvement Cycle
The PDSA improvement cycle was created by Walter Shewhart where Dr. Deming learned about it. An improvement process is now part of many management improvement methods (A3 for lean manufacturing, DMAIC for six sigma and many other modifications). They are … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Deming, Management, Popular, Process improvement, Quality tools, quote, Systems thinking
Tagged continual improvement, curiouscat, Data, Deming, experiments, management, PDSA, Popular, Process improvement, Quality tools, quote
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Eliminate the Waste of Waiting in Line with Queuing Theory
One thing that frustrates me is how managers fail to adopt proven strategies for decades. One very obvious example is using queuing theory to setup lines. Yes it may be even better to adopt strategies to eliminate as much waiting … Continue reading
Be Thankful for Customer That Are Complaining, They Haven’t Given Up All Hope
I ran across this message and liked it (by wuqi256): My time spent in a fast food chain (factory worker on weekends and security guard at night, yes really thanks to them, i have great jobs like that) when i … Continue reading
Posted in Customer focus
Tagged Creativity, Customer focus, customer service, Process improvement, Psychology
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Dr. Deming in 1980 on Product Quality in Japan and the USA
I posted an interesting document to the Curious Cat Management Library: it includes Dr. Deming’s comments as part of a discussion organized by the Government Accounting Office in 1980 on Quality in Japan and the United States. The document provides … Continue reading
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Tagged continual improvement, curiouscat, Deming, government, Japan, Lean thinking, management, management history, managing people, Process improvement, Psychology, Public Sector, quality, Quality tools, quote, respect for people, SPC, Statistics, Systems thinking, variation
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Psychology of Improvement
Even if ideas are good and have significant importance (high value to customers, reduce waste dramatically, improve safety…) implementing the ideas can be difficult. Getting people to make an effort to improve a situation by simply laying out the dry … Continue reading
