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Deming on Management: Appreciation for a System

Deming Institute

Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). This is the fourth post in our “Deming on Management” series. Edwards Deming’s ideas on management. Appreciation for a system is one of the four aspects of Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge (SoPK).

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Peter Scholtes – Leading Quality: Some Practical Approaches to the Managers New Job

Deming Institute

Peter Scholtes shared his thoughts on Leading Quality: Some Practical Approaches to the Managers New Job at the 1992 Ohio Quality and Productivity Forum conference. Peter starts the talk exploring myths about the practice of quality management. It takes more than improvement. He goes on to give a great example.

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Quality is Job #1

Six Disciplines

Long before we heard the phrase “Quality is Job #1,” various movements initiated the concept of systematically improving product quality. Edwards Deming, considered the father of the quality movement, began championing his ideas for a statistical approach to quality in the 1940s and ’50s. In the 1970s, the U.S.

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New York Label & Box: A Deming-Inspired Company

Deming Institute

Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). Edwards Deming Institute® web site includes several articles exploring organizations that are applying Deming’s ideas. You capture more market share. The customer gives you more work.

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Quality is Job #1

Six Disciplines

Long before we heard the phrase “Quality is Job #1,” various movements initiated the concept of systematically improving product quality. Edwards Deming, considered the father of the quality movement, began championing his ideas for a statistical approach to quality in the 1940s and ’50s. In the 1970s, the U.S.

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Learning to Discern – Quality & Quantity

Deming Institute

The basic problem anywhere is quality. What is quality? A product or a service possesses quality if it helps somebody and enjoys a good and sustainable market. Edwards Deming. Once again, quality is about use. Dr. Deming explained quality with an appreciation of variation and, ultimately, use.

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Exploring a World View Through the Lens of Profound Knowledge

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Guest post by John Hunter , author of Management Matters: Building Enterprise Capability. It seems to me, the conference presentations available online (from OQPF and the Deming Institute and elsewhere) are a valuable resource that most managers fail to take advantage of.

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