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Tag Archives: Deming
Deming’s Ideas at Markey’s Audio Visual
Last week at the Deming Institute seminar: How to Create Unethical, Ineffective Organizations That Go Out of Business, Mark Miller, General Manager, Markey’s Audio Visual spoke on Markey’s experience adopting Deming’s ideas. It was a great presentation. He did a … Continue reading
Posted in Customer focus, Deming, Management
Tagged business, commissions, Customer focus, Deming, Management, management system, Performance Appraisal
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Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation
Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor, and Scott D. Anthony in Harvard Management Update: Companies have two basic options when they seek to build new-growth businesses. They can try … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Innovation, Management, Systems thinking
Tagged Clayton Christensen, Deming, disruptive innovation, Innovation, Systems thinking
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The Quick Fix
The Fall 2005 issue of the Deming Institute newsletter (I removed the broken link) includes a copy of a letter Dr. Deming sent to Time magazine in 1981. Dear Sir, Your article about Japan in TIME for 30 March 1981 … Continue reading
Ford and Managing the Supplier Relationship
Topic: Management Improvement There have a been a number of articles (Ford to slash vendors of key parts [the broken link was removed] – Ford Rethinks Supply Strategy and posts (A “Kinder and Gentler” Lean Supply Base? – Ford Adopts … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Management, Manufacturing, Systems thinking
Tagged critical thinking, culture, Deming, Management, organization as a system, problem solving, suppliers
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Performance Without Appraisal
In response to the Alternatives to Stack Ranking? post on the popular Mini-Microsoft blog. I’m also taking some time to contemplate on Deming’s points and assess how Microsoft is doing against them. … What I would deeply appreciate is real-world … Continue reading
Measurement and Data Collection
This is my response to the Deming Electronic Network message (the site is dead, so I removed the link) on measurement. I find it useful to ask what will be done with the results of data collection efforts (in order … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Deming, Management, quote, Statistics
Tagged continual improvement, curiouscat, Data, Deming, evidence based management, quote, Statistics
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Life Beyond the Short Term
Life Beyond the Short Term by Simon Caulkin, The Observer. Last week’s column – ‘Adrift in a parallel universe‘ – about the perversion of management provoked an eloquent, sometimes passionate, response. … In the spirit of a positive alternative, a … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Management
Tagged Deming, long term thinking, management history, short term thinking
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Has Six Sigma been a failure?
My response to the message, Has Six Sigma been a failure? (broken link was removed) on the Deming Electronic Network email list (DEN). I think Six Sigma has been a success. Do I think it the best option? No, I … Continue reading
LA Jail Saves Time Processing Crime
After efficiency study, L.A. jail saves time processing crime by Dan Laidman Los Angels Daily News (pointy hired boss broke the link so I removed it) Last week, Chief William Bratton told the Board of Police Commissioners that Toyota methods … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Management, Process improvement, Public Sector, Toyota Production System (TPS)
Tagged Deming, government, Madison, management, Process improvement, Public Sector, Toyota
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Purpose of an Organization
W. Edwards Deming described the purpose of an organization in New Economics, on page 51, as: The aim proposed here for any organization is for everybody to gain – stockholders, employees, suppliers, customers, community, the environment – over the long … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Management, Popular, quote, Respect, Systems thinking
Tagged Deming, organization as a system, Popular, respect for people, suppliers
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