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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Rogers Deming Six Sigma Engineering 28

Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We learned the quality lessons of Edward Deming, Joseph Juran, and Phil Crosby as well as the lean thinking lessons of James Womack. We got our black belts in six-sigma; words or acronyms like Kaizen, PDCA, TQM, QC and ISO became everyday parts of our work language. The benefits were significant. Fun Leaders Are Light.

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Six Sigma TQM Airlines Wilde 150

Six Disciplines

AUGUST 16, 2013

Edwards Deming, considered the father of the quality movement, began championing his ideas for a statistical approach to quality in the 1940s and ’50s. While Deming’s message fell on deaf ears in America, Japan desperately needed to rebuild its economy after World War II. Six Disciplines Execution Revolution by Gary Harpst.

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Quality Six Sigma Lean Manufacturing Deming 91

Deming Institute

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Post by Bill Bellows, Deputy Director, The Deming Institute. defects per million opportunities, the standard for Six Sigma Quality, or zero defects, the quality standard of Philip Crosby. I also took advantage of an opportunity to meet Dr. Deming during his February 1990 lectures at Western Connecticut State University.

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Six Sigma Deming System Quality 37

Six Disciplines

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Edwards Deming, considered the father of the quality movement, began championing his ideas for a statistical approach to quality in the 1940s and ’50s. While Deming’s message fell on deaf ears in America, Japan desperately needed to rebuild its economy after World War II. Six Disciplines Execution Revolution by Gary Harpst.

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Quality Six Sigma Lean Manufacturing Deming 78

Deming Institute

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Guest post by Bill Bellows, Member of The Deming Institute’s Advisory Council. Edwards Deming to several dozen executives in Japan in 1950. Years later, in 2005, Dr. Shoichiro Toyoda, Chairman and former President (1982-1999) of Toyota, accepted the American Society for Quality’s Deming Medal.

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System Productivity Products Deming 74

Deming Institute

JUNE 30, 2020

Learning to do things “right” is important and all sorts of training exist for doing so, including Lean Six Sigma, Kaizen, Plan-Do-Study-Act, Statistical Process Control, and ISO certifications to name just a few. To that end, Dr. Deming might well ask, “By what method” can we determine the “right” things to do? References.

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Covey Deming Six Sigma Efficiency 69