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In Search of Excellence

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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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Eliminate Slogans, Exhortations and Targets

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Edwards Deming’s list of 14 points for western management : Eliminate slogans, exhortations, and targets for the work force asking for zero defects and new levels of productivity. Slogans are a way to say you care about quality without actually demonstrating you care. But Dr. Deming understood the damage targets cause.

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Reflections on the Fabric of the Toyota Production System

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Guest post by Bill Bellows, Member of The Deming Institute’s Advisory Council. 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.” Reference – Reducing Variability: A New Approach to Quality , L.P.

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