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In Search of Excellence

Deming Institute

Post by Bill Bellows, Deputy Director, The Deming Institute. “A A product or service possesses quality if it helps someone and enjoys a sustainable market.”. Edwards Deming . Quality is defined by doing it right the first time.”. There is not a day I don’t think about what Dr. Deming meant to us. Phillip Crosby.

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Reflections on the Fabric of the Toyota Production System

Deming Institute

Guest post by Bill Bellows, Member of The Deming Institute’s Advisory Council. He did not believe the results and instructed the team to repeat the assembly operation. Larry Sullivan, from Ford, wrote an account of the visit he made to Japan in 1982 to “study quality systems at a variety of automotive suppliers.”

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