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Systemically Non-Systemic: COVID-19 through the Deming Lens

Deming Institute

Deming’s “Appreciation for a System,” one of the four components of his System of Profound Knowledge. A knowledge of his systems approach provides a framework to help us understand how a pandemic such as we are experiencing occurs and even perhaps how it might be addressed. Nor am I an epidemiologist.

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Launching Your Business: How To Organize Your Operation

Strategy Driven

Stick To Systems. Finally, one thing you may find, is that systems help you out tremendously here. When you’re working on a large scale and you have products to manufacture, or an operation line to set up, things need to run like clockwork. You just finished reading Launching Your Business: How To Organize Your Operation !

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5 Important Checks To Be Made Before Your Assembly Line Starts Operating

Strategy Driven

No matter how well staffed, how large your operation, or how trustworthy the firm is that you’re outsourcing to, it falls to you as the responsible business owner to make these 5 checks to your assembly line before you give the go-ahead for production. Copyright 2007-2017 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Quality Control.

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Greg Gaskey Named StrategyDriven Enterprises Chief Operations Officer

Strategy Driven

Executive leader brings hands-on management and operational experience to StrategyDriven’s Power & Utilities focused advisory services. “We are delighted to welcome Greg to StrategyDriven as our Chief Operations Officer,” says Nathan Ives, StrategyDriven Enterprises LLC President and Chief Executive Officer.

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Three Ways Document Management Software Can Streamline Operations

Strategy Driven

Look for an intuitive organization system that can be shared on your network. Some document management systems have a complex interface that looks like you’d need a database expert to help you extract a receipt. You can get a system that makes sense – a simple, intuitive electronic file cabinet that anyone in your network can access.

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Can Your Company’s Operations Cause a Black Swan Event?

Strategy Driven

Could your company’s operational performance cause the next Black Swan tragedy? Before we answer the question of whether or not your company’s operations could cause a Black Swan event, I need you to consider your organization’s risk tolerance as we’ll be defining the Black Swan event in those terms.

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Tech Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself! 3 Reasons To Upgrade Your Systems

Strategy Driven

As time moves on we constantly need to get the latest tech and systems to ensure that our business moves with the times, but do we need to keep updating our machinery? 3 Reasons To Upgrade Your Systems ! Copyright 2007-2017 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Blink, and you’ll be due another tech upgrade! Your Customers.

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