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Applying a Model for Small Business Continual Improvement

Deming Institute

Applying SMED, the theoretical sessions would act as the external activities that operators have to perform before a changeover, and actually implementing them in a running business would be the internal ones. 1) Analyze your SWOT. SWOT analysis. 14 Deming principles. 20 SME Steps. Diagnosis (Internal Value + Context).

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Strategic Planning Steps

CO2

In healthy and aligned organizations, the stated values and operating values are one and the same. Create a one-page document that contains the company’s operating values, vision, and mission. Use SWOT analysis of the data you collected in Step 2 to guide you. Vision Vision is a measurable direction of where you are going.