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Systemically Non-Systemic: COVID-19 through the Deming Lens

Deming Institute

That said, the spread of COVID-19 is a powerful example of Dr. Deming’s “Appreciation for a System,” one of the four components of his System of Profound Knowledge. A system is a whole with interrelated parts that work to achieve the aim of the system. Nor am I an epidemiologist.

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