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Eliminate Slogans, Exhortations and Targets

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Edwards Deming’s list of 14 points for western management : Eliminate slogans, exhortations, and targets for the work force asking for zero defects and new levels of productivity. But Dr. Deming understood the damage targets cause. Edwards Deming, quotes in Profits Beyond Measure by H. Point 10 on W.

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Applying Deming Principles at Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

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SMED your SME journey applying Deming principles – guest post by Luciana Paulise. My business would be to advise SME on how to be sustainable in the long term applying quality principles right from the very beginning. I was also invited to attend to the Deming Institute Annual Fall conference in Los Angeles.

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The best and the brightest

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But I wonder if that’s a great long-term strategy? Would it be better for that business, in the long haul, to hire average people and help them become great? Would it be better for that business, in the long haul, to hire average people and help them become great? Is there something better? It’s worth reading.

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Where are you on the management scale of newbie to expert hacker?

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One of the best summaries of Quality Management was written my Edward Deming: Create consistency of purpose toward the improvement of product and service, and communicate this goal to all employees. Move towards developing a long-term relationship with a single supplier. Human Resource Management.