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Quality is a Journey to Excellence

Curious Cat

I recently uncovered this 2 day management seminar that Bill Hunter (my father) recorded in 1985 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. In the section of the talk included here Bill discusses: Bigger Picture (economic conditions and history) Introducing Deming (as a person) Quality Improvement as Driver US companies seem to be like a train.

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New York Label & Box: A Deming-Inspired Company

Deming Institute

Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). Edwards Deming Institute® web site includes several articles exploring organizations that are applying Deming’s ideas. You have the highest quality at the lowest cost and your customers love you.

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Management Quality and Productivity, under competent leadership

Mike Cardus

Deming to the Editor of Time Magazine 1981; Dear Sir, Your article about Japan in TIME for 30 March 1981 is excellent, but the paragraph concerning my work is ridiculous and can do a lot of harm to American industry at the very time when they need guidance. Dr. Deming did not just give a lecture in 1950. He has made 19 trips to Japan.

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Peter Scholtes – Leading Quality: Some Practical Approaches to the Managers New Job

Deming Institute

Peter Scholtes shared his thoughts on Leading Quality: Some Practical Approaches to the Managers New Job at the 1992 Ohio Quality and Productivity Forum conference. Peter starts the talk exploring myths about the practice of quality management. It takes more than improvement. He goes on to give a great example.

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Dr. Deming on Joy of Work, Innovation and Leadership

QAspire

Having worked in Quality management role for a long time, I could not have afforded to miss insights from Dr. W. Edwards Deming whose thinking was way ahead of time. In 1994, at the age of 92, Dr. In 1994, at the age of 92, Dr. Deming gave his last interview to IndustryWeek magazine which I read with great interest.

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The Most Popular Posts on The W. Edwards Deming Institute® Blog in 2018

Deming Institute

The 20 most popular post on our blog this year (by page views reported by our analytic tool): Myth: If You Can’t Measure It, You Can’t Manage It (2015). The Deming Chain Reaction (2012). Dr. Deming Called for the Elimination of The Annual Performance Appraisal (2012). Deming’s 14 Points for Management (2013).

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Learning to Discern – Quality & Quantity

Deming Institute

The basic problem anywhere is quality. What is quality? A product or a service possesses quality if it helps somebody and enjoys a good and sustainable market. Edwards Deming. Once again, quality is about use. Dr. Deming explained quality with an appreciation of variation and, ultimately, use.

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