Deming Institute

APRIL 2, 2018

The video shows the presentation at our 2012 annual conference by David Langford – When Deming Goes to School, Learning Takes a Front Seat. Dr. Deming said your sources of power come from primarily 3 sources. Deming’s message is really about transformation. Am I preventing them from thinking?

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Six Disciplines

APRIL 14, 2011

Most employees consciously or unconsciously operate on the following assumption: “tell me how you measure me, and I will tell you how I will behave.” Edwards Deming thought that systematic process measurement led to the “profound knowledge” that was essential to top quality outcomes. Quality guru W.

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Deming Institute

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Guest post by Bill Bellows, Member of The Deming Institute’s Advisory Council. He did not believe the results and instructed the team to repeat the assembly operation. Edwards Deming to several dozen executives in Japan in 1950. To Pipp’s amazement, one car purchased was 100% snap fit. The discovery was not lost on Pipp.

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Deming Institute

MARCH 25, 2019

Post by Bill Bellows, Deputy Director, The Deming Institute. On April 16-18, 1999, The Deming Institute hosted its annual spring conference in Tacoma, Washington, featuring keynotes from Russell Ackoff , Jamshid Gharajedaghi , and Tom Johnson. 20 to 25 years of efforts to transform the systemic nature of business operations….

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Six Disciplines

AUGUST 8, 2011

Most employees consciously or unconsciously operate on the following assumption: “tell me how you'll measure me, and I'll tell you how I'll behave.” Edwards Deming thought that systematic process measurement led to the “profound knowledge” that was essential to top quality outcomes. Measurement directs behavior.

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Deming Institute

APRIL 13, 2020

Shankar Panjwani (top left) studied the Deming Philosophy with Balaji Reddie , founder of The Deming Forum India and member of The Deming Institute’s Advisory Council. Shankar owns the Pharma Distributor Firm, which operates under the name Apex Pharma, based out of Raipur. Eunice del R.

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Deming Institute

JANUARY 23, 2017

Eric Budd’s presentation at the 2016 Annual Deming Institute Conference: An Exercise in Operational Definition. And in this example the data even has an operational definition used in collecting the data. Edwards Deming – W. The variation in the data from this example also shows the importance of iteration.

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Deming Institute

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

To those looking to strengthen their appreciation of the Deming System of Profound Knowledge®, the writings and recordings of Ackoff can serve to significantly enhance both your comprehension and explanation of systems thinking. You Laugh, It Happens! Long before reading and quoting W.

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Deming Institute

AUGUST 19, 2019

An understanding of Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge provides new lenses * to view the world. We plan to use this blog to explore examples of management action today (using the lens of Deming’s ideas to view those actions) in order to help illustrate how Deming’s ideas can be put into practice.

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Deming Institute

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Edwards Deming Institute — one which will open tremendous possibilities for our future. Dr. Bill Bellows to The Deming Institute staff as our new Deputy Director! Bill has been a long time member of The Deming Institute’s Board of Trustees; a valuable guiding influence for more than a decade. We welcome. Bill Bellows.

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Deming Institute

JANUARY 15, 2018

This webcast shows Bob Browne ’s presentation, Profound Knowledge of the Real Thing, at the 2012 Annual Deming Conference. Among other things, this presentation is a good option for those seeking an example that provides historical business results of an organization practicing Deming management methods.

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Deming Institute

JANUARY 14, 2020

Edwards Deming said that “Quality is determined by the top management. Again, Mike asked where he could help, and they related that the lack of operable wheelchairs was the issue. Guest post by Dennis Sergent, President, Sergent Results Group. It cannot be delegated.” How could he disagree?

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Deming Institute

MAY 14, 2015

Edwards Deming wrote Some Statistical Logic in the Management of Quality to fill in some of the missing links in the use of statistical methods, with special reference to responsibilities at the management level for effective mobilization of statistical knowledge and skills. Edward Deming was included in the paper.

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Deming Institute

DECEMBER 24, 2015

The Deming Institute has arranged to have a Chinese language version of W. Edwards Deming’s classic, Out of the Crisis, published. They do this because they were not taught that in Deming’s world, making profits and making quality are the same. You may order the book online.

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Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Edwards Deming stated in Out of the Crisis: Cease dependence on inspection to achieve quality. My guess is in a very well operating software development system (focused on Deming, good software practices…) code review would not be needed to inspect for quality. Like many practices the form it takes can vary quite a bit.

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Deming Institute

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Edwards Deming had a large and varied collection of influences. The ideas Dr. Deming drew from the work of C.I. The article I quote from below provides a path to appreciating the ideas Dr. Deming and Dr. Shewhart were able to apply in their thinking from C.I. Lewis on Shewhart and Deming by G. Lewis: Influence of C.I.

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Deming Institute

AUGUST 17, 2017

As noted in my June 26 th post, “It Depends…” , when asked in February 1990 about the trend towards reducing the number of levels of management in organizations, Dr. Deming answered, in his usual Socratic fashion: “Why have more levels than you need?”.

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QAspire

MARCH 30, 2015

We need more revenues, better margins, higher utilization, more leads, strategic diversification, differentiation, operational efficiency, lower attrition, strategic focus, branding et al. Related Reading: Great Quote: On System of Management by Deming. The practice of business is driven by hard stuff.

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Deming Institute

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Edwards Deming said “Quality is made in the boardroom,” and his lifetime of teachings about the practice of learning and improvement with knowledge provide us with examples of his approach to ethics and quality. This focus on efficiency ahead of effectiveness makes it less than our best ethical thinking.

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Deming Institute

JANUARY 5, 2017

Edwards Deming. I don’t think I learned anything about Deming or his work as an undergraduate Industrial Engineering student from 1991 to 1995. I do remember my statistics professor saying something in class, in early 1994, right after Dr. Deming passed away. Why had I heard of Dr. Deming?

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Deming Institute

APRIL 17, 2017

Edwards Deming’s 14th point is: Put everybody in the company to work to accomplish the transformation. You can also find quotes by Dr. Deming, such as: “As I use the term here, the job of a leader is to accomplish transformation of his organization.” The transformation is everybody’s job.

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Deming Institute

AUGUST 10, 2017

Imagine the unintended consequences of operation “haste makes waste:” trashed restrooms and unwashed hands. Edwards Deming and his System of Profound Knowledge, they would know it’s they , not their workers, who are responsible for improving productivity. Sticking a pin in confirmation bias for now.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

The Toyota Way to Continuous Improvement: Linking Strategy and Operational Excellence to Achieve Superior Performance Jeffrey K. Liker and James K.

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Deming Institute

AUGUST 7, 2017

Jet-Hot ‘s story provides an example of applying Deming’s work to transform a real enterprise. They used Deming’s ideas to turn around a company being crushed in the marketplace to one delighting their customers. Jet-Hot integrates Deming’s system view with their own management or operating system.

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Deming Institute

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Post by Bill Bellows, Deputy Director, The Deming Institute. While “Standards are everything at Airbus: from cleaning up the table in the canteen after eating to operating a machine, they influence every part of the employees’ working day.” Deming is the core of our management.” . per million opportunities.

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Deming Institute

DECEMBER 5, 2016

In this Deming podcast Ravi Roy discusses teaching Deming’s ideas at Southern Utah University. Dr. Roy is Professor of Public Administration for Southern Utah University and a Research Fellow with The Deming Institute. Ravi Roy at the 2016 Deming Institute conference. Edwards Deming Institute.

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Curious Cat

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Edwards Deming Institute blog, Hallmark Building Supplies: Applying Deming as a Business Strategy : [Hallmark Building Supplies] uses the purpose statement to make decisions on a regular basis. The video above gives a good illustration about how companies operate when aim/purpose/mission etc. From a post I wrote on The W.

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Art Petty

AUGUST 23, 2021

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Deming Institute

DECEMBER 21, 2015

Edwards Deming. Dr. Deming emphasized the importance of understanding what the data actually meant (and how easily we can be mislead when looking at data). Without understanding the operational definition for the data you take a great risk that you make mistaken guesses about what the data means. Attributed to W.

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Deming Institute

OCTOBER 31, 2016

One of the items Toyota highlights on their web site is winning the Deming Prize in 1965. Professor Deming and Toyota President Fukio Nakagawa at the Deming Prize award ceremony (1965). From the Toyota website: Receiving the Deming Application Prize strengthened Toyota Motor Co., Deming is the core of our management.

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Deming Institute

MAY 5, 2016

In this post I discuss another wonderful paper by Dr. Deming. Edwards Deming Institute makes this paper, and many more, available on our website. Edwards Deming, 1954: For all four groups of people [management, statistical administration, research, front-line workers], the statistical method is more than an array of techniques.

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Deming Institute

OCTOBER 6, 2017

John – I have just read your column on performance reviews, with a reference to Dr. Deming’s teachings. As you have noted, Dr. Deming was not at all a fan of annual performance reviews. As a student of Deming’s management theory, I would like to provide you with added feedback on his views.

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Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Are operational definitions the same across different data sources? As Dr. Deming would say, “ Without a theory there is no learning.” We have the opportunity to learn through the testing of new and expanded theories. At the same time, we need to be vigilant about understanding the data we are using. What is our theory?

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Deming Institute

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge, coupled with frequent visits to Toyota’s operations, often in Georgetown, Kentucky.

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Deming Institute

MARCH 3, 2016

Point 7 in Dr. Deming’s 14 obligations of management : Institute leadership (see point 12 and Chapter 8 in Out of the Crisis ). But Dr. Deming provided context. See more of my thoughts related to that quote in our previous post: Dr. Deming on Leadership. Edwards Deming had a very specific meaning.

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Deming Institute

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Post by Bill Bellows, Deputy Director, The Deming Institute. “A Edwards Deming . There is not a day I don’t think about what Dr. Deming meant to us. Deming is the core of our management.”. ” Shocked by the results, he instructed the team to repeat the assembly operation. Phillip Crosby.

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Deming Institute

JUNE 9, 2015

Deming’s 14 points for management have been put into various specific contexts by people over the years. Dr. Deming included their work in Out of Crisis, pages 201-202: 6. Provide operational definitions of all jobs. Restructure training. Develop the concept of tutors. Develop the concept of tutors.

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