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The Failure of “The Livonia Philosophy” at my GM Plant

Deming Institute

General Motors wasn’t my ideal workplace after having read Deming’s Out of the Crisis and learning a bit about Lean manufacturing in college. As I wrote about in my first post , my first job out of college was at the GM Livonia Engine Plant, outside of Detroit. But, I needed a job, so I cast a wide net.

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Diet and Exercise Tips from Process Fitness Fanatics

Harvard Business Review

But that hasn't been the case at Danaher, DuPont, and Staples, which have continually improved their operations over many years, to the delight of their customers. Danaher, the $10 billion conglomerate of 600 manufacturing companies, got serious about process improvement after the surprising turnaround of a subsidiary in the mid-1990s.