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Tag Archives: Bill Hunter
Stu Hunter Discussing Bill Hunter, Statistics for Experimenters and EVOP
In this clip, Stu Hunter talks about Bill Hunter (my father, and no relation to Stu Hunter), Statistics for Experimenters and EVolutionary OPerations (EVOP). Stu mentions Bill Hunter’s work with the City of Madison, which started with the First Street … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Statistics
Tagged Bill Hunter, Design of Experiments, evop, George Box, Madison, Public Sector, Six sigma, Statistics, Statistics for Experimenters, webcasts
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Stated Versus Revealed Preference
My father provided me a good example of the flawed thinking of relying on stated preference when I was growing up. Stated preference is, as you might deduce, the preferences voiced by customers when you ask. This is certainly useful … Continue reading
Posted in Customer focus, Popular, Psychology
Tagged Bill Hunter, Customer focus, food, Popular, Psychology, Quality tools, Statistics, theory of knowledge
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Touring Factories on Vacation When I Was Young
Growing up, occasionally, a family vacation would include a factory tour related to my Dad’s work. He was providing some management or engineering consulting and took the opportunity to check in on progress and visit the gemba. Here is a … Continue reading
Posted in Lean thinking, Manufacturing
Tagged Bill Hunter, gemba, John Hunter, Manufacturing, visual management
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Positivity and Joy in Work
After my father died, for years (at least 10), people I never had met before would emotionally share what a positive influence he had on their lives. He did great stuff helping organizations improve. But the majority of people were … Continue reading
Posted in Career, Deming, Management, Psychology, quote, Respect
Tagged Bill Hunter, Career, Deming, John Hunter, Joy in Work, management, Psychology, quote, respect for people
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Managing Our Way to Economic Success
From Managing Our Way to Economic Success, Two Untapped Resources by William G. Hunter, my father. Written in 1986, but still plenty relevant. We have made some good progress, but there is much more to do: we have barely started … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Economics, Management, Process improvement, Quality tools, Respect, Statistics, Systems thinking
Tagged Bill Hunter, Creativity, Data, Deming, Economics, management, Management Articles, Process improvement, Quality tools, respect for people, SPC
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Highlights from Recent George Box Speech
The JMP blog has posted some highlights from George Box’s presentation at Discovery 2009 [the broken link was removed] Infusing his entire presentation with humor and fascinating tales of his memories, Box focused on sequential design of experiments. He attributed … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Design of Experiments, Six sigma, Statistics
Tagged Bill Hunter, Data, Design of Experiments, Fun, George Box, John Hunter, Madison, Six sigma, Statistics
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Peter Scholtes
Peter Scholtes died peacefully this morning [11 July 2009] in Madison, Wisconsin. His family was with him. My father wrote about the First Street Garage project in W. Edwards Deming’s Out of the Crisis (pages 245-247). Peter (who was working … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Management, quote, Systems thinking
Tagged Bill Hunter, Deming, John Hunter, Madison, management, Peter Scholtes
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Combinatorial Testing for Software
Combinatorial testing of software is very similar to the design of experiments work my father was involved in, and which I have a special interest in. Combinatorial testing looks at binary interaction effects (success or failure), since it is seeking … Continue reading
Statistics for Experimenters in Spanish
Statistics for Experimenters, second edition, by George E. P. Box, J. Stuart Hunter and William G. Hunter (my father) is now available in Spanish. Read a bit more can find a bit more on the Spanish edition, in Spanish. EstadÃstica … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Data, Design of Experiments, Statistics
Tagged Bill Hunter, Books, Data, Design of Experiments, engineering, experiments, George Box, Madison, Statistics, Statistics for Experimenters
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Invest in New Management Methods Not a Failing Company, 1986
Invest in New Management Methods Not a Failing Company by William Hunter, 1986 I predict American Motors will stop making cars in Wisconsin in the near future, whether or not the state’s money is used for a temporary propping-up operation. … Continue reading →