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The Quest of Better Outcomes: Hierarchy Versus Process

QAspire

Regards, Jay Chhaya By Tanmay , October 14, 2010 @ 12:54 pm @Jay - Thanks for the comment. Best, Tanmay By Glyn Lumley , October 14, 2010 @ 1:51 pm An excellent post, Tanmay. Your reference to gaps in the lateral movement of work reminded be of Frank Voehl’s post on the Deming Learning Network - “Managing the White Space&#.

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A Story on Importance of Processes: From Subroto Bagchi

QAspire

Fuji Xerox won the legendary Deming Prize for Total Quality Management even before Xerox, the parent company, got the Malcolm Baldridge Award for quality in the US. Thanks for quoating similar situation with those creative group of people By Tanmay Vora , March 31, 2010 @ 12:00 pm @L M Foong - Thanks for commenting.

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Integrating Technical and Human Management Systems

Curious Cat

Edwards Deming discussed frequently and emphasized in his management system ). A common problem that companies face is that they bring in technical tools (such as control charts , PDSA improvement cycle , design of experiments , kanban , etc.) without an appreciation for the organization as a system.

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Deadly Disease of Management: Emphasis on Short-term Profits

Deming Institute

One of Dr. Deming’s 7 deadly diseases is: Emphasis on short-term profits: short-term thinking. I wrote on my Curious Cat Management Improvement blog in 2007, Eliminating Quarterly Earnings Guidance : “It is good to see more people understand the bad practice of excessive short term focus on quarterly profits.

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Gratitude - 2010

QAspire

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Gratitude - 2010 I am filled with gratefulness as I think about 2010 coming to an end. John Hunter is a passionate improvement expert who shares some profound lessons on management, leadership, lean and Deming. I wish you all a REMARKABLE 2011! I hope we can meet in person in 2011!

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The 'Invisibles' in Business Performance

QAspire

Edwards Deming is widely famous for “Deming’s 14 points” and “Seven Deadly Diseases”. One of these deadly disease according to Deming is “ Running a company on visible figures alone ”. Deming opined that everything that is critical for business performance may not be measurable. Well said, Tanmay! Success is guaranteed.

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Debriefing as Continuous Improvement

Strategy Driven

Whether it was branded the Deming Method or Six Sigma or a host of other models, ‘continuous improvement processes’ found their way into organizations large and small and have made a major contribution to improving quality worldwide. He also serves as a consultant to process and continuous improvement management programs.