Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We learned the quality lessons of Edward Deming, Joseph Juran, and Phil Crosby as well as the lean thinking lessons of James Womack. We got our black belts in six-sigma; words or acronyms like Kaizen, PDCA, TQM, QC and ISO became everyday parts of our work language. ” Welcome to the era of growth through innovation.

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Six Sigma TQM Airlines Wilde 150

Deming Institute

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

2011 ASA Deming Lecture by Roger Hoerl, GE Global Research: The World Is Calling; Should We Answer? Roger starts by discussing some areas of Deming’s work that are not getting the focus they deserve. I also want to talk about Deming’s emphasis on the big picture, the big problems.

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Rogers Deming Six Sigma Engineering 28

Deming Institute

JUNE 30, 2020

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. To that end, Dr. Deming might well ask, “By what method” can we determine the “right” things to do? References.

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Covey Deming Six Sigma Learning-by-Doing 69

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2011

The first decade of the 21st century brought about an incredible amount of technological advances — Facebook, Twitter, Android, iPod/iTunes/iPhone/iPad, and many other innovations transformed how we communicate, work, and live. Related processes like Six Sigma and Total Quality Management became widespread, as the U.S.

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Innovation Supply Chain Management Six Sigma 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2011

Thus, today we have a number of process "religions": Statistical Process Control was followed by Total Quality Management, Business Reengineering, Six Sigma, Lean, and Business Process Management (BPM, which emphasizes process management software). Brad Power is a consultant and researcher in process innovation.

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Six Sigma TQM Kaizen Balanced Scorecard 14