Deming Institute

APRIL 13, 2020

Shankar Panjwani (top left) studied the Deming Philosophy with Balaji Reddie , founder of The Deming Forum India and member of The Deming Institute’s Advisory Council. Shankar owns the Pharma Distributor Firm, which operates under the name Apex Pharma, based out of Raipur. Deming’s teachings. Eunice del R.

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Deming Institute

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

A recent blog by John Hunter, Ackoff on Systems Thinking and Management, highlights a collection of videos of lectures by Russell Ackoff, recently made available at this site. Edwards Deming in presentation after presentation, I was struck by a frequent phrase used by Thomas Clarke, a favorite high school teacher.

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Deming Institute

MAY 14, 2015

Edwards Deming wrote Some Statistical Logic in the Management of Quality to fill in some of the missing links in the use of statistical methods, with special reference to responsibilities at the management level for effective mobilization of statistical knowledge and skills. Edward Deming was included in the paper.

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Deming Institute

DECEMBER 24, 2015

The Deming Institute has arranged to have a Chinese language version of W. Edwards Deming’s classic, Out of the Crisis, published. They do this because they were not taught that in Deming’s world, making profits and making quality are the same. You may order the book online.

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Deming Institute

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Edwards Deming had a large and varied collection of influences. The ideas Dr. Deming drew from the work of C.I. The article I quote from below provides a path to appreciating the ideas Dr. Deming and Dr. Shewhart were able to apply in their thinking from C.I. Lewis on Shewhart and Deming by G. Lewis: Influence of C.I.

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Deming Institute

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

How does one get an organization to start looking at itself as a system? In short, how does one get an organization to listen to what Deming had to say? ” This makes “selling” organizations on the idea of adopting the Deming management system more challenging. Edwards Deming said in The New Economics.

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Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Edwards Deming stated in Out of the Crisis: Cease dependence on inspection to achieve quality. My guess is in a very well operating software development system (focused on Deming, good software practices…) code review would not be needed to inspect for quality. Please add your comments below.

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Deming Institute

AUGUST 17, 2017

As noted in my June 26 th post, “It Depends…” , when asked in February 1990 about the trend towards reducing the number of levels of management in organizations, Dr. Deming answered, in his usual Socratic fashion: “Why have more levels than you need?”.

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Deming Institute

JANUARY 15, 2018

This webcast shows Bob Browne ’s presentation, Profound Knowledge of the Real Thing, at the 2012 Annual Deming Conference. Among other things, this presentation is a good option for those seeking an example that provides historical business results of an organization practicing Deming management methods.

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Deming Institute

AUGUST 19, 2019

An understanding of Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge provides new lenses * to view the world. We plan to use this blog to explore examples of management action today (using the lens of Deming’s ideas to view those actions) in order to help illustrate how Deming’s ideas can be put into practice.

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Deming Institute

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Yet, we have some leaders and practitioners who focus on only a few aspects of quality, to the detriment of the whole system. Focus on only some of the principles, practices, methods and tools cause us to miss the aim and purpose of an ethical system to deliver quality. Yet, this is a flaw we are all susceptible to as human beings.

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Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

To put it simply, effective use of Big Data to make decisions depends on each of the four components of The System of Profound Knowledge and the interaction between the components. Are operational definitions the same across different data sources? As Dr. Deming would say, “ Without a theory there is no learning.”

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Deming Institute

APRIL 17, 2017

Edwards Deming’s 14th point is: Put everybody in the company to work to accomplish the transformation. You can also find quotes by Dr. Deming, such as: “As I use the term here, the job of a leader is to accomplish transformation of his organization.” The transformation is everybody’s job.

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Deming Institute

AUGUST 28, 2017

Edwards Deming used to probe senior executives, including “What business are you in, what business will you be in 5 years from now, 10 years from now?,” Unlike the technical questions we answered all summer long, our manager took the opportunity to challenge us with a down-to-earth business question. Instead of the queries W.

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Six Disciplines

MARCH 21, 2014

Most employees consciously or unconsciously operate on the following assumption: “tell me how you''ll measure me, and I''ll tell you how I''ll behave.”. Unmeasured systems tend to be highly variable systems, with all the negatives for quality that implies. Measurement directs behavior. Measurement increases objectivity.

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Deming Institute

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Post by Bill Bellows, Deputy Director, The Deming Institute. While “Standards are everything at Airbus: from cleaning up the table in the canteen after eating to operating a machine, they influence every part of the employees’ working day.” Systems theorist and educator Russell Ackoff also offered an explanation of this phenomenon.

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Deming Institute

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

In contrast to the classic management style of Management by Results or MBR , Johnson proposes a process-driven strategy, which draws heavily upon the insights he gained from Dr. Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge, coupled with frequent visits to Toyota’s operations, often in Georgetown, Kentucky.

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Deming Institute

OCTOBER 6, 2017

John – I have just read your column on performance reviews, with a reference to Dr. Deming’s teachings. As you have noted, Dr. Deming was not at all a fan of annual performance reviews. As a student of Deming’s management theory, I would like to provide you with added feedback on his views.

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Mike Cardus

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Deming to the Editor of Time Magazine 1981; Dear Sir, Your article about Japan in TIME for 30 March 1981 is excellent, but the paragraph concerning my work is ridiculous and can do a lot of harm to American industry at the very time when they need guidance. Dr. Deming did not just give a lecture in 1950. Emphasis added). My Thoughts.

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Deming Institute

OCTOBER 31, 2016

One of the items Toyota highlights on their web site is winning the Deming Prize in 1965. Professor Deming and Toyota President Fukio Nakagawa at the Deming Prize award ceremony (1965). From the Toyota website: Receiving the Deming Application Prize strengthened Toyota Motor Co.,

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Deming Institute

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Post by Bill Bellows, Deputy Director, The Deming Institute. “A Edwards Deming . There is not a day I don’t think about what Dr. Deming meant to us. Deming is the core of our management.”. ” Shocked by the results, he instructed the team to repeat the assembly operation. Phillip Crosby. Shoichiro Toyoda.

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Deming Institute

AUGUST 10, 2017

Imagine the unintended consequences of operation “haste makes waste:” trashed restrooms and unwashed hands. Edwards Deming and his System of Profound Knowledge, they would know it’s they , not their workers, who are responsible for improving productivity. Sticking a pin in confirmation bias for now.

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Deming Institute

AUGUST 19, 2019

An understanding of Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge provides new lenses * to view the world. We plan to use this blog to explore examples of management action today (using the lens of Deming’s ideas to view those actions) in order to help illustrate how Deming’s ideas can be put into practice.

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Deming Institute

JANUARY 5, 2017

While my work is usually associated with the term “Lean” and the lessons from the Toyota Production System, some of my earliest learning and inspiration for improvement came from the work of W. Edwards Deming. I do remember my statistics professor saying something in class, in early 1994, right after Dr. Deming passed away.

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Deming Institute

JANUARY 14, 2020

Edwards Deming said that “Quality is determined by the top management. Again, Mike asked where he could help, and they related that the lack of operable wheelchairs was the issue. Guest post by Dennis Sergent, President, Sergent Results Group. It cannot be delegated.” How could he disagree?

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Deming Institute

MARCH 3, 2016

Point 7 in Dr. Deming’s 14 obligations of management : Institute leadership (see point 12 and Chapter 8 in Out of the Crisis ). But Dr. Deming provided context. Point 12 addresses the need to create management systems that provide people joy and pride in work. Edwards Deming had a very specific meaning.

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Curious Cat

MARCH 10, 2015

Begin a system of employee feedback to all department leaders. The QLC begins work on and solve the number-one problem identified by police officers: the existing promotional system. A three-day training program is held on Quality Leadership, the system of transformation, and the bold vision the department is pursuing.

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Deming Institute

AUGUST 30, 2018

Students ran operations. Edwards Deming, the father of the quality movement, defined quality as “pride in workmanship.” ” 1 He proposed that the root cause of the lack of quality lies, in part, with our educational system. Deming, The New Economics, see reference 2, p. Parents were patrons. References.

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Six Disciplines

AUGUST 8, 2011

Most employees consciously or unconsciously operate on the following assumption: “tell me how you'll measure me, and I'll tell you how I'll behave.” Unmeasured systems tend to be highly variable systems, with all the negatives for quality that implies. Measurement directs behavior. Measurement promotes consistency.

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Deming Institute

MAY 5, 2016

In this post I discuss another wonderful paper by Dr. Deming. Edwards Deming Institute makes this paper, and many more, available on our website. Edwards Deming, 1954: For all four groups of people [management, statistical administration, research, front-line workers], the statistical method is more than an array of techniques.

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Deming Institute

DECEMBER 21, 2015

Edwards Deming. Dr. Deming emphasized the importance of understanding what the data actually meant (and how easily we can be mislead when looking at data). Without understanding the operational definition for the data you take a great risk that you make mistaken guesses about what the data means. Attributed to W.

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QAspire

MARCH 30, 2015

We need more revenues, better margins, higher utilization, more leads, strategic diversification, differentiation, operational efficiency, lower attrition, strategic focus, branding et al. We need to humanize our leadership approaches and communication to build a system where intrinsic motivation is more likely to happen.

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Deming Institute

JUNE 30, 2020

In one of his conversations found on YouTube and posted on January 11, 2010 (the year following his death), Dr. Ackoff provides the following insight about leaders doing the “right and wrong” things in the systems they lead: Peter Drucker said “There’s a difference between doing things right and doing the right thing.”

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Deming Institute

APRIL 14, 2016

Successful transformation from data to information and knowledge touches on all four components of Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge (and the interactions among the components). Also, Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge can help us understand and improve the collection and analysis of data. All data are subjective!

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Six Disciplines

APRIL 14, 2011

Most employees consciously or unconsciously operate on the following assumption: “tell me how you measure me, and I will tell you how I will behave.” Unmeasured systems tend to be highly variable systems, with all the negatives for quality that implies. ” Measurement makes performance visible. Quality guru W.

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Deming Institute

AUGUST 3, 2015

Steven, President of New York Label & Box Works , discusses their Deming journey over the decades. And have the systems built around that. You need to provide education on how to think of the organization as a system and how to continually improve. Your systems have to continuously improve.

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Deming Institute

APRIL 25, 2016

He starts the presentation with the Red Bead Game (see related posts on our blog: Lessons From the Red Bead Experiment with Dr. Deming , The Red Bead Experiment with Dr. W. Edwards Deming ). Quoting Shewhart, Berwick said: When you inspect you are conceding the to the system. Deming’s proposal was this.

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