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2017 ASA Deming Lecture, W. Edwards Deming – A Kaizen Statistician

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Edwards Deming – A Kaizen Statistician, by Fritz Scheuren , NORC-University of Chicago. Stuart Hunter (2009 ASA Deming Lecture) – Thinking Required, Not Just a Recipe to Follow. Guest post by John Hunter , author of Management Matters: Building Enterprise Capability. 2017 ASA Deming Lecture, W.

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Toyota Under Fire

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Instead of firing employees like many other large firms were doing at the time, Toyota embraced its mantra of kaizen (Toyota’s firm philosophy of change/improvement for the better) and held company-wide training seminars (most impressively in factories it had stopped production in).

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ASA Deming Lecture by Brent James: Long Term View of the Healthcare System

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We have now added blog posts on all ASA Deming lectures from 2009 through 2017, the others are: 2009, J. Edwards Deming – A Kaizen Statistician. Brent spoke of several process improvements demonstrating Deming’s Chain Reaction (improving processes increases quality and reduces costs). 2017, Fritz Scheuren: W.

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Profound Knowledge from a Knowledge Use Perspective

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We have now added blog posts on nearly all ASA Deming lecture from 2009 through 2017, the others are: 2009, J. Edwards Deming – A Kaizen Statistician. Related: Effective Decision Making – Optimize the Overall System Not the Individual Components. Stuart Hunter (Princeton University), New Challenges for Statisticians.

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Reliability: Another Dimension of Quality

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We have now added blog posts on most ASA Deming lecture from 2009 through 2017 (and 2009), the others are: 2009, J. Edwards Deming – A Kaizen Statistician. Stuart Hunter (Princeton University), New Challenges for Statisticians. 2010, Sir William Osler: Dr. Deming Consults on Quality. 2017, Fritz Scheuren: W.

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The Failure of “The Livonia Philosophy” at my GM Plant

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Speaking of continuous improvement, my GM plant also had a very traditional “suggestion system,” not a Kaizen-style approach to improvement. The Livonia Philosophy (as written, not practiced) also sounds like Lean in the goal of utilizing of all people’s skill and creativity, as we practice in the Kaizen model.

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Avoid Doing the Wrong things Righter…But, “By What Method?”

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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. 2009) Start with why: How great leaders inspire others to take action. Effectiveness/Efficiency Matrix. 2010, January).

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