Curious Cat

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Edwards Deming Institute blog, Hallmark Building Supplies: Applying Deming as a Business Strategy : [Hallmark Building Supplies] uses the purpose statement to make decisions on a regular basis. The video above gives a good illustration about how companies operate when aim/purpose/mission etc. From a post I wrote on The W.

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Deming Institute

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Edwards Deming in The Deming of America. Edwards Deming in “If Japan Can…Why Can’t We?” See a classic discussion with Dr. Ackoff and Dr. Deming on the futility of trying to put together best parts/processes without an appreciation for the system. Edwards Deming, The New Economics.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

The Toyota Way to Continuous Improvement: Linking Strategy and Operational Excellence to Achieve Superior Performance Jeffrey K. Liker and James K.

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Curious Cat

JANUARY 10, 2017

I think it helps provide Southwest focus in marketing and operations seeing how badly many of their competitors frustrate customers continually in very visible ways. This is not a strategy that would work for most dentists I don’t think, but it works very well for him and his delighted customers (like me).

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Ask Atma

JANUARY 2, 2011

The elements of strategy.). If the person(s) responsible for managing are able to look at the eighteen points above and determine they are more or less in place, they are operating at the most fundamental or beginner’s level of management. Capital raising strategies. Beginner’s Management [Newbie or Management 1.0].

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

Edwards Deming, who used it extensively in Japan in the years following World War II. Toyota hired Deming to train hundreds of the company’s managers, eventually capitalizing on his expertise to develop the famous Toyota Production System — the primary source of today’s “lean” thinking.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2012

Working to find and fix errors is part and parcel of most operational processes, and once they turn a harsh eye on non-value-added work, most leaders can root it out. Cut the effort down to size by focusing on your most important data, customers, operations, and strategies. These costs are estimable.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2015

It was given a big boost during the 1970s when the Experience Curve was lifted from the manufacturing floor and adopted as a strategy tool in the corporate board room. Edwards Deming , who introduced quality as a way of life for Japanese companies. Strategies for staying ahead. “Quality is free” became a mantra.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 17, 2011

The concept of inclusion in business started when Quality gurus like Deming asked Americans to drop the ‘product-out’ mentality and instead practice a ‘customer-in’ mindset. Why could he not use the assembly line method used by the burger company to maximize the number of operations every surgeon performs?

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Whether it was branded the Deming Method or Six Sigma or a host of other models, ‘continuous improvement processes’ found their way into organizations large and small and have made a major contribution to improving quality worldwide. Duke and James D. Murphy For the last 50 years, elite U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2011

Tailoring a process improvement initiative — i.e., borrowing from several religions and making a tight fit with your core brand, history, strategy, and culture — will decrease the chances that your organization rejects foreign ideas. Eradicate process lingo. For example, you could use "continuous improvement" instead of "kaizen."

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Six Sigma TQM Kaizen Balanced Scorecard 14

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

But companies pursuing innovation as their core business strategy realize 50 to 100 percent higher profit margins than those who pursue low cost, high quality and fast delivery strategies, or simply doing whatever the customer says. Innovation Engineering methods and tools are designed to engage both left and right brain thinkers.

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Innovation Engineering CIO System 57

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2017

Leapfrogging — using the lack of existing infrastructure as an opportunity to adopt the most advanced methods — has been a highly effective strategy for developing nations over the last few decades. Edwards Deming). All the goods flowing in and out of developing world countries could be tagged.

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