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Tag Archives: Deming
My New Book: Management Matters
I have a new book in progress: Management Matters. It is now available in “pre-release format” via leanpub. The idea I am experimenting with (supported by leanpub) is pre-publishing the book online. The ebook is available for purchase now, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, curiouscat, Customer focus, Data, Deming, John Hunter, Lean thinking, management, respect for people, Six sigma, Systems thinking
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Lean Manufacturing and the Toyota Production System
In this post I explore my thoughts about what lean (lean manufacturing, lean thinking…) means. The way I think about it is that lean manufacturing sprung from Toyota. It seems to me the lean manufacturing name was meant to capture … Continue reading
Management Blog Posts From November 2006
I have selected a few great posts from the Curious Cat Management Blog back in November 2006. What Could we do Better? – There are many important ideas to improve management. This is one of the most important tips to … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Management, Process improvement, Quality tools, quote
Tagged blogs, curiouscat, Data, Deming, management, Process improvement, Quality tools, quote, tips
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How Could They Know?
I am a big fan of Dr. Deming’s ideas on management. The way I see one of the quotes of Dr. Deming used I don’t agree with. Dr. Deming said “How could they know?” to explain why people continued to … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Management
Tagged Books, Career, commentary, Deming, leadership, learning, management
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Massively Unjust Executive Compensation Damages Companies and Investments
For years I have believed the massively unjust executive compensation packages have been doing great harm to American businesses. As an investor, one of the big risks that has to be evaluated is how much of the business profits executives … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Management, Respect
Tagged bonus, Deming, ethics, executive pay, incentives, Investing, motivation, overpaid executives, respect for people
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Keys to the Effective Use of the PDSA Improvement Cycle
The PDSA improvement cycle was created by Walter Shewhart where Dr. Deming learned about it. An improvement process is now part of many management improvement methods (A3 for lean manufacturing, DMAIC for six sigma and many other modifications). They are … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Deming, Management, Popular, Process improvement, Quality tools, quote, Systems thinking
Tagged continual improvement, curiouscat, Data, Deming, experiments, management, PDSA, Popular, Process improvement, Quality tools, quote
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Why Use Lean if So Many Fail To Do So Effectively
If less than 1% of companies are successful with Lean, why are we doing it? Lots of us are not. I would say the efforts I see “fail” are because they don’t do it. They have something they call TQM, … Continue reading
Looking at Auto Manaufacturing in the USA
America’s Dirty War Against Manufacturing Bob Lutz, the former head of GM, says it was neither uncompetitive wages nor unions that drove the Big Three into decline. It was a management with its eye focused on the bottom line and … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Economics, Manufacturing
Tagged cars, Deming, economic data, economy, lean manufacturing, Manufacturing, Toyota, USA
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We are Being Ruined by the Best Efforts of People Who are Doing the Wrong Thing
Deming’s Second Theorem: “We are being ruined by best efforts.” What did Dr. Deming mean by this? Another quote by Dr. Deming might give you a clue? “Best efforts will not substitute for knowledge.” Irwin, the porcupine at the Animal … Continue reading
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Tagged Deming, Fun, management, Psychology, Systems thinking, theory of knowledge
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Long Term Thinking with Respect for People
Toyota nearly went bankrupt near 1950 and had to lay off a third of their employees. A huge focus of the Toyota Production System as envisioned by Taiichi Ohno was to secure the long term success of the company. The … Continue reading →