Deming Institute

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Edwards Deming Institute 2014 conference – Deming’s Stage 0: By What Method? Edwards Deming teaching a 2 week course on consumer research in Japan in 1951: that course included a section titled “the art of questioning and interviewing.” Ron Moen’s presentation at The W. Ron talks about W.

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Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Edwards Deming once wrote that a system needed to be managed, for without management the “parts” tend to act in their own interests and “sub-optimize” the system. Management, in this context, is not simply attending to rudimentary mechanistic facets of the job, which Dr. Peter Senge refers to as “detail complexity.”

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System Senge Management Deming 66

Deming Institute

OCTOBER 20, 2016

The new science aspect provides the frame of reference of quantum physics and chaos theory. Naturally these ideas resonate very well with Deming’s thoughts and therefore it is one of the books I, and many others interested in Deming’s ideas, took to heart when it was published. instead results emerge from a system.

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Chaos Theory Deming Leadership Open-book 28

Deming Institute

APRIL 28, 2016

Appreciation for a system is one of the four components of Deming’s management system. In this context the most common item to think of is Deming’s diagram of an organization as a system. Going into this area was much more common in the Deming community decades ago (when W. Edwards Deming was with us) than it is now.

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Curious Cat

AUGUST 4, 2015

As I moved into high school Dad was doing much more direct management consulting (it was also a combination of statistics, engineering and management but the emphasis shifted over time) based on Deming’s ideas. Creating a climate and expectation of continued learning is also important, but I won’t talk about that in this post.

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QAspire

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Your reference to gaps in the lateral movement of work reminded be of Frank Voehl’s post on the Deming Learning Network - “Managing the White Space&#. It is critical to think about an organization as a coherent system and not just a collection of teams loosely connected to each other via org structure. Re-orgs are costly.

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Process Deming Restructuring Efficiency 130

Deming Institute

JUNE 22, 2017

We call this approach Professional Management, and have developed a system to implement it influenced by Dr. W. Edwards Deming and other great thought leaders. Dr. Deming’s timeless teachings have been, and will continue to be, a driving influence because we see his philosophies work.

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Deming Institute

OCTOBER 19, 2017

An effective leader is needed to help develop, articulate, and operationalize the vision of any organizational system and to help the “parts” to work together, in a coordinated fashion, in order to achieve the aim. Edwards Deming, “begins in the boardroom.” Continual improvement, or quality, according to Dr. W.

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Deming Institute

MARCH 10, 2016

See her previous guest posts: Applying Deming Principles at Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and Applying a Model for Small Business Continual Improvement. Edwards Deming used to say “Knowledge is the key. The division provides reference service in person or by correspondence. Guest post by Luciana Paulise.

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Deming Institute

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Guest post by Bill Bellows, Member of The Deming Institute’s Advisory Council. In his account to Xerox, CEO David Kearns (Reference: Prophets in the Dark , by David Kearns), the remaining parts required mallets to assemble. Reference – Reducing Variability: A New Approach to Quality , L.P.

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System Productivity Products Deming 74

Deming Institute

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Edwards Deming. From sales of iPhones to iPads to computers, Apple executives offered explanations for these results and predictions for the future. The value of profits as an ingredient for organizations to sustain and develop their operations is undeniable. Post by Bill Bellows. billion and a quarterly net profit of $7.7

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2011

To understand the strengths and weaknesses of different process religions, develop a network of people with experience in each one. 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. By all means, choose a name and stick with it.

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Six Sigma TQM Kaizen Balanced Scorecard 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2014

Now, here’s an important part: for consumers, you need to ask the second two questions without reference to your product. Within each group, these codes refer to the customer’s way of thinking and the portions of the context that the customer considers relevant to deciding on which product alternative to buy.

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