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Applying Deming Principles at Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

Deming Institute

SMED your SME journey applying Deming principles – guest post by Luciana Paulise. Edwards Deming Institute [The Institute makes 5 travel grants available each year to study the Deming Collection at the Library of Congress. I was also invited to attend to the Deming Institute Annual Fall conference in Los Angeles.

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The Best Companies Aren’t Afraid to Replace Their Most Profitable Products

Harvard Business Review

More than 40% of the unicorns that went public since 2011 saw their valuation stay flat or dropped. In 2005, when the demand for the iPod Mini remained huge, the Nano was launched, effectively destroying the revenue stream of an existing product. Back in 2009, there were just four companies that fit the bill.