Tag: Deming

The Myth of Setting Goals

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TOM WALSH: Time for Wagoner to show why GM needs him:A lot has been written about the proposed deal between Nissan-Renault and General Motors....

Performance Appraisal Problems

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Curious Cat Management Improvement: Problems Caused by Performance Appraisal Here's a good post on the Curious Cat blog on the problems with performance appraisal systems....

Does Toyota Follow Deming’s 14 Points?

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Curious Cat Management Improvement: Deming and ToyotaAs part of my atonement for mis-stating W. Edwards Deming's views on inspection a few weeks back, I'll...

Re-Discovering W. Edwards Deming

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The Power of PurposeIt seems that someone is always rediscovering Deming. I gave a lean overview talk to a healthcare audience recently. ...

Motivating Employees With Catchy Slogans

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WSJ.com - Cubicle Culture Free version of article I always wonder if I should post links to WSJ articles, since I know not everybody has...

Curious Cat Deming Management Thoughts

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Curious Cat Deming Management Thoughts by John Hunter - Dr. W. Edwards Deming Here is a nice summary of W. Edwards Deming resources. Although...

Lessons from the days of TQM

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alan's blog: The author says: "Anytime you see a new corporate program being rolled out with posters and coffee mugs and exhortations from the CEO...

A Collection of Deming Articles

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As follow up to Deming's mention in Fortune Magazine,Some Choice Words on Management by SloganA good real life example of what Deming meant by...

Deming Listed in Fortune’s "20 Key Decisions"

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Fortune 75 - Best and Worst Calls in Business History - FORTUNE - Page 9I'm a huge fan of W. Edwards Deming. Since he...

Lean Thinking Poster at a Chinese Airplane Factory

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KRT Wire | 06/14/2005 : Above is an article that talks about Boeing and Airbus moving airplane production into China. This item struck me as very...

Seven Deadly Sins of Quality (and Lean)

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Learning about LeanThere is a very interesting article, original from the ASQ Journal, linked to on the "Learning about Lean" blog. In a manner...

"Even Skilled Physicians Make Mistakes"

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WSJ.com - The Doctor's Office (free feature):"Most medical errors in the doctor's office are process errors. These result from communication problems, office administration problems,...