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Yearly Archives: 2007
Six Sigma for Erie County Government
Chris Collins proposed bringing six sigma to Erie County government in his campaign for county executive. He won the election. From his web site: In business, you satisfy your customers or you fail. But in Erie County government, if you … Continue reading
Posted in Management, Public Sector, Six sigma
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Engineering Innovation for Manufacturing and the Economy
Editorial: Engineering Innovation, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: They are the invisible heroes in business, the men and women who make innovation possible. They are people like Mary Ann Wright at Johnson Controls in Milwaukee, the former chief engineer for the Ford … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Lean thinking, Management, Manufacturing, Public Sector, Science, Systems thinking
Tagged Economics, engineering, Manufacturing, Wisconsin
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Good Customer Focus Idea for Banks
Why Your Bank Needs a Free Coin-Counting Machine But this overall strategy also included a Trojan horse, and that Trojan horse was the bank’s Penny Arcade. If you walk into most Commerce branches, you’ll see a machine or two that … Continue reading
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Win a 2 day visit from Norman Bodek
Shingo Sweepstakes: The grand prize is a 2 day visit of your organization by Norman Bodek, 2 Free admissions to the 20th Annual Shingo Prize, 5 copies of Dr. Shigeo Shingo’s latest book and more. Related: Zero Defects – Constant … Continue reading
Posted in Lean thinking, Management
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The Problem with Targets
Targets can seriously damage your health by Simon Caulkin Targets, claim their defenders, are simple, they provide focus, and they work. Yes, they do. Unfortunately, these are also their fatal flaws. The simplicity is a delusion. As Russ Ackoff put … Continue reading
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“2007 has been a difficult year for Toyota”
I find the quote “2007 has been a difficult year for Toyota” found in The Dings and Dents of Toyota a bit amusing. Toyota has had some problems as the article notes like product recalls and losing a handful of … Continue reading
The Lazy Unreasonable Man
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” – George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman That quote sprang to mind … Continue reading
Posted in Fun, Management, Psychology, quote, Systems thinking
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Design of Experiments in Operational Testing
Edwards looks toward future of testing We are fielding a Design of Experiments concept to ensure we conduct the right amount of testing — not too much or too little, but just right. We will field this approach in phases … Continue reading
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Management Improvement Carnival #22
Please submit your favorite management posts to the carnival. Read the previous management carnivals. How Many People Did You Cut? by Mike Wroblewski – “As lean thinkers, we should focus on our growth strategy. With a growth strategy, we reassign … Continue reading
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Fooled by Randomness
This is a nice article discussing how people are often fooled by thinking there must be special causes for patterns in random data. I still remember my father showing my classes these lessons when I was in grade school. Playing … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Management, Statistics, Systems thinking
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