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Exploring a World View Through the Lens of Profound Knowledge

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It seems to me, the conference presentations available online (from OQPF and the Deming Institute and elsewhere) are a valuable resource that most managers fail to take advantage of. Guest post by John Hunter , author of Management Matters: Building Enterprise Capability.

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Meet One of Our Non-Profit Partners

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We are so proud of this community, which is doing the important work of spreading the Deming teachings. Our revenue has grown by 60%… and an exciting result of the Deming approach is we were able to deliver that growth with significantly less time from our staff. Happy Holidays! – Stacy Sheldon, Aileron. The Partnership.

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The Deming Management Method by Mary Walton

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The Deming Management Method by Mary Walton was a book that served to introduce many to the ideas of W. Edwards Deming. Dr. Deming wrote an introduction to the book, including these words: In the decade after the War [the Second World War], the rest of the world was devastated. The book was published in 1988.

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The Mixed Returns From Predictive Analytics

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Edwards Deming famously remarked that “in God we trust, but everyone else should bring data.” The researchers found that the best-performing companies tended to make significant and complementary investments in their workforce, their IT systems, and their manufacturing processes. Strong returns.

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Healthcare, Paradigm Shifts and the Influence of W.E. Deming

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In 2014 I presented a paper at the 20th Annual International Deming Research Seminar on the topic of “ Understanding and Application of Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge in Healthcare.” Dr. Deming is cited several times in the book, and the reader will find evidence of Dr. Deming’s thinking throughout the 180 pages of the book.

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Applying Deming’s Management Ideas at the Great Plains Coca Cola Bottling Company

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This webcast shows Bob Browne ’s presentation, Profound Knowledge of the Real Thing, at the 2012 Annual Deming Conference. Among other things, this presentation is a good option for those seeking an example that provides historical business results of an organization practicing Deming management methods.

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Iterative Customer Focus

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Edwards Deming (1952). Put it on the market. Test it in service; through market research, find out what the user thinks of it, and why the non-user has not bought it. Like many of Deming’s ideas the idea of iterative customer focus can seem too simple to be very powerful. Edward Deming. … New Way.

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