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Monthly Archives: May 2005
Marketers Are Embracing Statistical Design of Experiments
Marketers Are Embracing Statistical Design of Experiments (site broke link so I removed it) by Richard Burnham. Crayola® conducts an e-mail marketing DOE to attract parents and teachers to their new Internet site. The company discovers a combination of factors … Continue reading
Posted in Design of Experiments, Management Articles, Six sigma, Statistics
Tagged Design of Experiments, marketing, Six sigma
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A Lean Walk Through History
A Lean Walk Through History [link broken, so it was removed] by Jim Womack author of Lean Thinking Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation by James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones, 2003 and The Machine That Changed … Continue reading
Posted in Management Articles
Tagged Lean thinking, management history
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Six Sigma and the Evolution of Statistical Management Methods
Six-Sigma: the Evolution of 100 Years of Business Improvement Methodology (pointy haired bosses broke the link so I removed it) by Ronald D. Snee. The article includes a nice very quick summary of the development of statistical methods to aid … Continue reading
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Tagged Six sigma
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Open Source Management Terms
Statistical Method Helps Boost Bottom Lines, Batting Averages [the broken link was removed] by Jon Van, Chicago Tribune: Using statistical techniques embraced by quality guru W. Edwards Deming, Holland has worked for a generation guiding enterprises large and small to … Continue reading
Posted in Design of Experiments, Management
Tagged Design of Experiments, open access, open source
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Six Sigma at the Kennedy Space Center
The Lessons of Six Sigma [broken link was removed]: Management tool helped refocus priorities, by Napoleon Carroll and Christa Casleton : Process ownership is not a recognizable role in the CFO organization; it doesn’t fit anywhere in the standard position … Continue reading
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Iran Society for Quality – Blog
Iran Society for Quality – Blog [the broken link was removed]. I can’t read most of the site, but they seem to have a blog.
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China and the Sugar Industry Tax Consumers
China to Raise Tariffs On Clothing Exports, from the Washington Post: The Chinese action would raise export duties on 74 categories of Chinese clothing from token amounts announced late last year to a range of 12 to 48 cents per … Continue reading
Roger Hoerl’s Perspective on the Future of Six-Sigma
One Perspective on the Future of Six-Sigma by Roger Hoerl. Originally published in the International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage 2004 – Vol. 1, No.1 pp. 112 – 119. Six-Sigma has maintained momentum for over ten years now, … Continue reading
Curious Cat Blogs
Topic: Management Improvement We have started a new blog, Curious Cat Management Articles, specifically to highlight management improvement articles on topics like: Lean Manufacturing, Deming, Six Sigma, Continuous Improvement, Innovation, Customer Focus, SPC and System Thinking. We are still working … Continue reading
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Why Go Through the Painful Performance Process
Why Go Through the Painful Performance Process: The performance management blog points to an interesting study by PeopleIQ [the broken link was removed] that says that only 13 percent of employees and managers and 6 percent of CEOs think their … Continue reading
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