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Fond Farewells: Remembering Bill Latzko, Tom Nolan, and Bill Ratcliff

Deming Institute

Dear Deming Community, Please join us in honoring the lives of these three men, who made countless contributions to the Deming community and society at large. A chemical engineer by training, Dr. Latzko spent most of his career in quality control as a manager, consultant, and educator. May they rest in peace. Latzko, Ph.D.

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Deming’s Ideas in Action: Trader Joe’s Culture

Deming Institute

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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Fond Farewells: Remembering Bill Latzko, Tom Nolan, and Bill Ratcliff

Deming Institute

Dear Deming Community, Please join us in honoring the lives of these three men, who made countless contributions to the Deming community and society at large. A chemical engineer by training, Dr. Latzko spent most of his career in quality control as a manager, consultant, and educator. May they rest in peace. Latzko, Ph.D.

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Deming’s Ideas in Action: Trader Joe’s Culture

Deming Institute

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

Deming Institute

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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If Japan Can, Why Cant We? – 1980 NBC Special Report

Deming Institute

Edwards Deming Institute to make this historic program available to stream over the internet. Edwards Deming said in Out of the Crisis. This is, of course, at the core of Deming’s management philosophy. Dr. Deming makes a brief appearances at the beginning and at minute 31. Today, NBC has allowed The W.

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The Quest of Better Outcomes: Hierarchy Versus Process

QAspire

Long term improvements (and their benefits) can be realized if you are ready to invest time in creating systems that helps you sustain, scale, deliver and create a better future for your organization, yourself and your people. - - - - - Stay tuned to QAspire Blog: Subscribe via RSS or Email, Connect via Facebook or Follow us on Twitter.

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