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Yearly Archives: 2005
Targets Distorting the System
I still remember Dr. Brian Joiner speaking about process improvement and the role of data well over a decade ago. He spoke of 3 ways to improve the figures: distort the data, distort the system and improve the system. Improving … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Deming, Management, Systems thinking
Tagged Brian Joiner, Data, Deming, management, Systems thinking
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From Mechanistic to Social Systemic Thinking
The Ackoff Center has posted a presentation, From Mechanistic to Social Systemic Thinking (pdf format), given by Russell Ackoff in November 1993 at the Systems Thinking in Action Conference. As usual he presents many great ideas well. And ten years … Continue reading
Posted in Management, Systems thinking
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Dilbert and Deming
5 June 2005 Dilbert Strip on motivational posters – [update – well the pointy haired bosses running the site removed the page so we removed the link] New update the phb has been overthrown. Here is the strip: The point … Continue reading
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
Posted in Management Articles, Six sigma
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
Posted in Management Articles, Public Sector, Six sigma
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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