Deming Institute

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

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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Deming Institute

JANUARY 9, 2017

One of Dr. Deming’s 7 deadly diseases is: Emphasis on short-term profits: short-term thinking. At Berkshire, managers can focus on running their businesses: They are not subjected to meetings at headquarters nor financing worries nor Wall Street harassment. They seek to change the system to change the behavior.

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Short-term Long-term Deming Management 28

Deming Institute

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Or, would it be better to remove color as a potential market place differentiator and, instead, offer “Any color you like, as long as it’s white”? And, what about inventories? From waste to non-value-added efforts to defects, is less always better for the system at hand, striving for zero? Standardization or diversity?

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