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Monthly Archives: November 2006
Common Cause Variation
Every system has variation. Common cause variation is the variation due to the current system. Dr. Deming increased his estimate of variation due to the system (common cause variation) to 97% (earlier in his life he cited figures around 80%). … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Deming, Management, Quality tools, Theory of Constraints
Tagged common cause, Data, Deming, management concepts, problem solving, Process improvement, variation
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What Could we do Better?
At the Hunter Conference, years ago, a speaker (I forget who) talked about how to get useful feedback. He discussed how asking “how is everything” normally will get the response: “fine” (which is often that is exactly what the staff … Continue reading
Posted in Customer focus, Management, Popular, Quality tools
Tagged continual improvement, curiouscat, Customer focus, Deming, Process improvement, Psychology
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Why Use Designed Factorial Experiments?
One-Factor-at-a-Time Versus Designed Experiments (site broke link so I removed it -when will people learn how to manage web content?) by Veronica Czitrom: The advantages of designed experiments over [One Factor at a Time] OFAT experiments are illustrated using three … Continue reading
Posted in Design of Experiments, Management, Six sigma
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The Illusion of Understanding
The “Illusion of Explanatory Depth”: How Much Do We Know About What We Know? (broken link 🙁 was removed) is an interesting post that touches on psychology and theory of knowledge. Often (more often than I’d like to admit), my … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Management, Psychology
Tagged critical thinking, Psychology, theory of knowledge
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Applying Lean Tools to University Courses
Take a look at an interesting series of posts on Applying Lean Tools to University Courses by Luke Van Dongen: We have discovered that creating a common experience in the classroom is absolutely essential. To accomplish this we implemented a … Continue reading
From Lean Tools to Lean Management
From lean tools to lean management (link broken by site so I removed it) by Jim Womack: Only management by science through constant experimentation to answer questions can produce sustainable improvements in value streams. (Toyota’s A3 is a wonderful management … Continue reading
Posted in Lean thinking, Management, Management Articles, Quality tools, Systems thinking
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More Lean Podcasts
New from the Lean Blog: Jamie Flinchbaugh on Educating Leadership Previously: Jim Huntzinger on Lean Accounting, Norman Bodek on Toyota’s recent quality issues and lean leadership and Jamie Flinchbaugh on Lean Leadership. As expected these are well worth listening to. … Continue reading
Posted in Lean thinking, Management, webcast
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The Lean MBA
Kevin Meyer recaps the ideas of Improving Management Education [the broken link was removed] by M.L. Emiliani in his post – The Lean MBA. I suggest reading his post and the original article. In the Curious Cat Science and Engineering … 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
Fast Company: What drives Toyota?
Very good article – What drives Toyota? [the broken link was removed] by Charles Fishman: So a team of assembly employees made a real decision. Don’t make the worker pick the parts; let him focus on installing them. The idea … Continue reading
