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Why Dr. Deming’s Work is So Important to Me

Deming Institute

We argued with him, citing our understanding of Deming and the modern quality approach, including the Taguchi loss function, as we had studied in our TQM class. Mark is also the Vice President of Improvement & Innovation Services for the software company KaiNexus. You might argue I went to the wrong business school. Mark Graban.

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Avoid the Improvement Hype Cycle

Harvard Business Review

In 2009, Grainger's senior management team decided to reflect on their history with improvement initiatives before deploying a Lean-based continuous improvement system. Also, to signal what TQM guru Deming called "constancy of purpose," choose a name that will always resonate, e.g., something tied to customers and service.