Tag: Deming

... and the system sucks!" That was the final line of a recent episode of ER that we just watched last night (thanks to the...

So I'm watching SportsCenter and analyst Michael Irvin, former Cowboys wide receiver, is talking about Cowboys coach Bill Parcells and Wide Receiver / Attention...

Infor Launches ERP XA MES Suite for Lean ManufacturingThis article talks about software for lean manufacturing environments, an idea that could be debated on...

I was able to tour a hospital laboratory that had already gone through the lean process.One metric was a daily tally of "sticks per...

Reward and Incentive Programs are Ineffective -- Even Harmful by Peter R. Scholtes It's worth a full post and full link, this article that John...

A question to ask yourselves (if you're in management): does your management system allow people to do their best work? Even if...

Fortune: The new rules - Jul. 11, 2006Part of Fortune's cover story about how Jack Welch's "old rules" don't apply any more, this includes...

One of the core ideas of the Toyota Production System is the recognition that people are indeed human and are therefore fallible (part of...

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....

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....

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...

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