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6 Silent Productivity and Profitability Pitfalls, part 1 of 7

Strategy Driven

The changes have been so dramatic that most companies are still scrambling to figure out the new rules of the game. During this time, an engineer named Taiichi Ohno (known today as the father of Toyota) began the task of building a new capacity for Japanese industrial production.

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Learning to Discern – Quality & Quantity

Deming Institute

A product or a service possesses quality if it helps somebody and enjoys a good and sustainable market. asking] if they would be fired if the company lost in their pursuit of the Deming Prize. Post by Bill Bellows. The basic problem anywhere is quality. What is quality? Edwards Deming.

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