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

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The Deming Chain Reaction (2012). Dr. Deming Called for the Elimination of The Annual Performance Appraisal (2012). Deming’s 14 Points for Management (2013). Lessons From the Red Bead Experiment with Dr. Deming (2014). Deming (2014). Institute Training on the Job (2016)*. Inspection is too late.

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Deming Conference Webcast: Paula Marshall, CEO, The Bama Companies

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Paula Marshall, CEO, The Bama Companies presentation at The W. Edwards Deming Institute 2014 annual conference. Her company bakes all the apple pies for McDonalds. And McDonalds also told her to go to a Deming 4 day seminar. Over the next few years I was able to transform my company because of my work with Dr. Deming.

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Case Study: Adopting a Deming Management System in a Service Company

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Edwards Deming-based quality program within a particular trucking company, Mason Transporters. And such an aim is required for any Deming based effort. Quality training for warehouse workers extends well beyond lapel pins and pep talks. a thesis at the Naval Postgraduate School). The thesis aims to.

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Bill Scherkenbach Interview with Dr. Deming

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Edwards Deming by Bill Scherkenbach (recording in February 1984, during this time Bill Scherkenbach worked at Ford and Deming was consulting with Ford). … It is not what management says, it is perception and rumor that runs a company. And sadly it is still at that level where training is most needed.

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The Deming Management Method by Mary Walton

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The Deming Management Method by Mary Walton was a book that served to introduce many to the ideas of W. Edwards Deming. Dr. Deming wrote an introduction to the book, including these words: In the decade after the War [the Second World War], the rest of the world was devastated. The book was published in 1988.

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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, Ph.D. Edwards Deming Award for quality, which he received in 1996. May they rest in peace. Latzko, Ph.D. 1947 – 2019).

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Deming Podcast with Scott Dalgleish, CEO at Phase IV Engineering

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Scott first encountered Deming’s ideas while an engineer at Proctor & Gamble in 1986. Deming training was rolled out to us. He mentions that after providing great training Proctor & Gamble’s management system was very reluctant to adopt the better management methods. Scott Dalgleish.

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