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2017 ASA Deming Lecture, W. Edwards Deming – A Kaizen Statistician

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2017 ASA Deming Lecture, W. Edwards Deming – A Kaizen Statistician, by Fritz Scheuren , NORC-University of Chicago. Edwards Deming the man and Deming’s ideas. That’s the way people understood Deming. Related: 2011 ASA Deming Lecture by Roger Hoerl – Need Any Country be Poor?

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Deming Lecture by Dr. Jeff Wu on Quality Improvement from Autos to Nanotechnology

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Deming Lecture at the 2012 ASA Joint – Quality Improvement: From Autos and Chips to Nano and Bio” by Jeff Wu, Georgia Institute of Technology. Deming’s major insight was to recognize that Shewhart’s idea [control charts, chance and assignable causes etc.], Dr. Wu also points out.

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Fond Farewells: Remembering Bill Latzko, Tom Nolan, and Bill Ratcliff

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Dear Deming Community, Please join us in honoring the lives of these three men, who made countless contributions to the Deming community and society at large. A chemical engineer by training, Dr. Latzko spent most of his career in quality control as a manager, consultant, and educator. May they rest in peace.

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Human Resources in the Post Deming Era

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When I had a leadership position with a team I had us have the whole team sit in the interviews with potential candidates (the team members were all early in their careers and in this and other ways I tried to help them learn and develop their skills). Guest post by John Hunter , founder of curiouscat.com (in 1996). This is excellent advice.

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Dr. Bill Bellows, new Deputy Director of The Deming Institute

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Edwards Deming Institute — one which will open tremendous possibilities for our future. Dr. Bill Bellows to The Deming Institute staff as our new Deputy Director! Bill has been a long time member of The Deming Institute’s Board of Trustees; a valuable guiding influence for more than a decade. We welcome. Bill Bellows.

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Fond Farewells: Remembering Bill Latzko, Tom Nolan, and Bill Ratcliff

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Dear Deming Community, Please join us in honoring the lives of these three men, who made countless contributions to the Deming community and society at large. A chemical engineer by training, Dr. Latzko spent most of his career in quality control as a manager, consultant, and educator. May they rest in peace.

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2011 ASA Deming Lecture by Roger Hoerl – Need Any Country be Poor?

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2011 ASA Deming Lecture by Roger Hoerl, GE Global Research: The World Is Calling; Should We Answer? Roger starts by discussing some areas of Deming’s work that are not getting the focus they deserve. I also want to talk about Deming’s emphasis on the big picture, the big problems.

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