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Category Archives: Economics
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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Traveling for Health Care
From my post on the Curious Cat Investing and Economics blog: My guess is that traveling for health care is going to increase greatly in the future. Health costs in the USA are enormous. Costs in Europe are different – … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Health care
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Manufacturing Takes off in India
Manufacturing takes off in India by John Elliott: The sleek, clean factory in the Delhi suburb of Noida seems more Taiwan than India. Engineers in white overalls and goggles watch over an automated production line that spits out four billion … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, India, Manufacturing
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Using Capitalism to Make the World Better
I have mentioned Kiva before: Microfinancing Entrepreneurs (on our Curious Cat Economics and Investing blog). In addition to being a good cause Kiva really shows some great management strategies. The use of Information Technology to connect people directly is a … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, curiouscat.com, Economics, Fun, IT, Management, Psychology
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USA Paying More for Health Care
The USA health care system is well known as by the most costly in the world. Most also agree the system provides far from the best results – perhaps great results could justify such high prices but that is not … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Economics, Health care
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Data Based Blathering
Ok, this is one of those posts you might want to ignore or you might enjoy. Before blogs there is little chance this would reach you. But I am tired of seeing the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) promoted as … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Economics, Google, Toyota Production System (TPS)
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TVS Group Director on India – Manufacturing, Economy…
TVS group companies, based in India, have been awarded 5 Deming Prizes. He discusses Deming and quality a bit. He also discusses their experiences in manufacturing in China and the strengths they have found in each country. And he discusses the Indian economy and manufacturing.
Related: Hopeful About India’s Manufacturing Sector – Toyota Chairman Comments on India and Thailand Continue reading
Posted in China, Deming, Economics, India, Management, Manufacturing, webcast
Tagged India, Manufacturing
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Tilting at Ludicrous CEO Pay
I continue to tilt at the robber barron CEO pay packages. Hopefully, at some point, the people approving these obscene pay packages can be shamed into stopping or replaced by people with some sense of decency. I was taught in … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Economics, Management, Performance Appraisal, Psychology, Respect, Systems thinking
Tagged curiouscat, Deming, executive pay, management, overpaid executives, quote, respect for people
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Moving Jobs to Silicon Valley from India
India grows up [the broken link was removed]: The costs of having two offices, which are twelve time zones apart, is significant. People in both offices frequently had conference calls at 10pm and midnight every night (as a result the … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, India, IT, Software Development
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Rethinking the Social Responsibility of Business
Rethinking the Social Responsibility of Business, a debate on the correct focus of business: Not that we’re only concerned with customers. At Whole Foods, we measure our success by how much value we can create for all six of our … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Economics, Management, Systems thinking
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