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1. Dead Horses - Dakota tribal wisdom - Thought for the Day
2. The Future of Quality - An Early Discussion
3. Rear View Mirror Management - MBO and MBR (Management by Results)
4. Scribes and Gladiators - Juran’s Managerial Breakthrough
5. Circular vs. Linear - We look at systems the wrong way
6. Is the USA 'Out of the Crisis'? Those that do not learn from history...
7. Juran vs. Deming - Your Thoughts?
8. Ethics: Ethical Decisions
9. The Quality Farce - ISO9000, QS9000, Six Sigma, TQM, Fishbone Diagrams, etc.
10. Demonstration Of Pavlov's Theory of Bureaucracy
11. Bosses taught to deal dirty
12. The Paradox of Toyotaism vs. TQM (Total Quality Management)
13. Dorian Shainin passed away on Friday, January 7, 2000
14. Quality Vs. Productivity - Blame ISO 9001
15. Sarasohn - Ever Heard of Him?
16. Ethics: Failure to File Regulatory Reports
17. Quality and the Global Redistribution of Markets
18. ITS - Intertek - Fraud? NEVER!!!
19. Does money motivate? The topic of Motivation came up in a discussion
20. Falsification of Documentation
21. Optimization vs. Local Suboptimization
22. Acceptance of defective materials, poor workmanship, and inattentive & sullen service
23. Fear - Deming's Point 8 - Reduce fear throughout the organization
24. Betamax vs. VHS - What does this tell us? How would Deming explain this?
25. Constancy of Purpose
26. Quality Managers, Inc.
27. Philip Crosby Dies at 75
28. Deming's philosophy in education?
29. ISO History Lesson?
30. Remember Ford/Firestone? Has anything really changed because of this?
31. Quality History..... hmmmmm
32. Chance Observation and Basic Research
33. History - Evolution of quality in the automotive industry
34. Corporate Culling - Jack Welch (of GE fame) - Fire 10% of the workforce every year?
35. The Elusive Culture Change
36. Understanding Business Organizations - Organizational styles
37. Quality Progress April 2002 Cover Story
38. Shainin & Others - Views expressed about 'Quality Gurus'
39. Quotations - Famous Quotes from Ancient to the Present
40. The more ISO 9000:2000 registered companies the better?
41. ISO 9000:2000 and "Quality Objectives"
42. Juran proposes new Q research effort
43. Customer not willing to reveal the usage or function of the part to the supplier
44. What are the characteristics of a world class company?
45. How do you prioritize the areas that require corrective actions?
46. Integrity lost? Conflict of Interest? ISO 9000 'Keepers' Profit from their books
47. New Buzz word: Rightsourcing... Runaway outsourcing hype
48. What Country is the Leader in Quality?
49. Deming's SoPK (System of Profound Knowledge) Challenge
50. The theories and practices of Deming, Juran, Kaizen and several others
51. Anyone Remember B. F. Skinner? The father of Reinforcement Theory
52. A Lesson Learned And A Lesson Forgotten
53. Is the customer always right? Personally, I strongly disagree.
54. How do we promote creativity? What are the Key Factors?
55. Ethics: Ethical Question - Knowingly Violating a Regulatory Requirement
56. Ethics: A Discussion of Company Ethics
57. Where does Quality begin?
58. What makes an Organisation? How does it evolve?
59. Why '105' and '414' in the military sampling plan standards (Mil-Std-)?
60. Negative Views of Quality in One Word?
61. GM and Ford cite 'People' - Volkwagon cites discipline - True?
62. Deming's SoPK (System of Profound Knowledge) Discussion
63. Aristotle's Thoughts on 'Excellence'
64. Business Excellence Models - Contributions towards economy, environment and society?
65. 'Quality': The Documents, System, etc. vs. 'quality': Meeting Customer Expectations
66. Discussions Relating Juran's Quality Trilogy
67. Program of the Day - Lifecycle and Failure Modes of 'Improvement' Programs
68. Is ISO 9001 registration worth the cost in a non-manufacturing organization
69. Has East met West yet? Perceptions of quality, business practices, system maintenance
70. Open Book Management Philosophy - Letting the employees see all information
71. Anyone know about European Foundation for Quality Mgt, any resource available?
72. The Brits keep coming - John Seddon gets more ink in the British media
73. What is the Point of ISO Certification? Your company's success?
74. What does Quality Assurance mean?
75. Change the name Quality System - Remove the word 'Quality' - Any Suggestions?
76. Company Culture and how it affects ISO registration, profits, etc.
77. The Value of Participation
78. Database Lessons Learned - Real issue with the quality of the data being entered
79. Outright Fraud - Hiding Materials from Auditors
80. Theoretical Mathematics - Is there a Law relating Views and Replies?
81. Quality in the Health Care Industry
82. Theoretical Analysis of Different Data Sets - Quality Concerns at Toyota
83. 16949?.. what happened to 16948?
84. Does a company need a TQS to compete ?
85. Required Reports for Deming Award - Corporate & Departmental Level
86. QMSs in Japan - Seeking information about the beginning and evolution
87. Drive out Fear!
88. Challenges to the Quality Professional in the 21st Century
89. Heard about Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi? No? Heard about flow?
90. Continual vs Continuous (OMG... pls don't!.. lol.. )
91. Ppm - Does anyone have anything good on ppm philosophy?
92. Ethics - Moral law vs. Criminal law
93. 5S Project Implementation: Need advice about getting employees involved
94. 'Quality Month' - Why is November chosen in many countries? Any significance?
95. Some companies "muzzle" employees to prevent them talking to press
96. The Pareto Principle - Organizational Change
97. Dr. Juran - 100 Years Young - 24 December 2004 - A Century of Quality
98. Ethical Question - Generate a Corrective Action to force a response and action
99. Capt. Bob - A new Guru for us? Motivation
100. Friend or Foe - ABC vs ISO
101. Is The US Done Innovating?
102. A Modest Proposal: Let's Get Rid of "Quality."
103. Product / Service Life Cycle Quality - Whose Responsibility to Sort, etc.?
104. In a perfect world, who does the Quality Organization answer to?
105. What Can The US Do To Keep Its Tech Edge?
106. Step by step, NASA is doing what it takes to 'fix the culture'
107. Research Seminar Seeking Deming Papers
108. Quality Assurance (QA) - Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow...
109. An Interview with Juran
110. CEOs Really Are Clueless and Don't Know What They're Doing
111. Rubber tree plant's health tied to Home Depot's stock price
112. Customer Satisfaction - Satisfy customers, make money
113. The Common Pitfalls of Implementing a New System in a Company
114. What have you done to my statistics students?
115. The Loss of Manufacturing Jobs since 1999 - Will Unions make a Come Back in the US?
116. How much time do you spend on the factory floor?
117. How committed is your company to Quality?
118. What do you think the greatest Quality tool in your arsenal or trick bag is?
119. New Quality Gurus? As listed by Quality Digest - A general Discussion
120. Integrating Continuous Improvement and Standardization - "The Toyota Way"
121. Why is it so hard to get white collars to visit the factory floor?
122. "Survivor" TV show as metaphor of the workplace
123. Creating a "Newsletter" for my company!!!
124. Is there a 'Patent Epidemic' - Is a Patent Epidemic Hurting Innovation?
125. Attention All Covers -- Do You Know About FIT Sigma?
126. Bill Harral - RIP - January 2006
127. Deming and Shewhart information for Power Point slides related to P-D-C-A
128. Seven (7) Infrastructures for Mobilizing Change
129. What's the Future of QA in Today's World?
130. Major Flaw in Quality Standards
131. What the Customer Really Needs - Your comments?
132. Behavioral Psychology; Leadership - Getting the job done
133. AT&T Laboratories vs. Google Laboratories: Not your Grandfather's R&D
134. What is Quality for me?... How to do it? My advise for Teachers
135. I am Going to Implement Deming's 12th Point for my Staff
136. Should Quality folks be just policeman & policewomen?
137. Beyond PDCA by Praveen Gupta
138. Passionate about Quality without being Emotional
139. Idiotic Examples of Corporate Cost-Cutting
140. Quality Gurus: Question on Comparison of Philosophies: Deming, Crosby, Juran
141. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to give a little bit back
142. The Japanese Foundation of Quality
143. In Search of Excellence - Based on Falsified Data?
144. Value of Quality Manual - Is there value in having a Quality Manual anymore?
145. Management Philosophy
146. Quality Gurus Comparison - Deming, Juran, Crosby, Ishikawa and Taguchi
147. Is the quality profession about to become obsolete? Paradigm Shift
148. Lean concepts and the impact of copyrights and intellectual property
149. Paradigm Shift in QA? Another View
150. What influence have Juran Deming & Crosby had on the retail sector
151. Focusing on Quality - Flawed Survey or Responses Lacking? QualityInsider
152. The value of Philip Crosby Associates classes like PONC and CCO, etc.
153. Challenge to remove QA Inspectors from the production lines
154. Developing a management system to accommodate construction markets
155. How to answer customer’s TQM test paper?
156. Production Supervisors..What are they thinking!
157. Are you a member of SAD (Society of Anti-Deming)?
158. My Class Assignment on Quality Assurance Gurus
159. Brainstorming And Mind Mapping in Life
160. When People Don't Care About the Work They Do
161. Statement of Continual Quality Commitment - Seeking Assistance
162. The Deming Evangelist
163. Likert (Rensis Likert) Principles - What is the Likert Principle
164. The Future of Quality Management
165. The death of Dr. Joseph M. Juran on February 28, 2008
166. Who will follow Deming-Juran-Crosby in their footsteps?
167. Juran is dead - Why the thread is closed so early?
168. Management Compliance to ISO Needs
169. Environmental efforts on a personal level
170. Systematic history of process approach
171. Close relationships with customers?
172. Quality has to do with Attitude, not Certifications
173. Is every person a service provider???
174. Deming - Management of Statistical Techniques for Quality and Productivity
175. Deming Quote in Out of The Crisis
176. Red Bead Video on YouTube
177. "Business Coach" Touts Basing Pay on KPIs
178. Resources on Demings teachings
179. Murphy's Law
180. Quality Gurus - How ISO 9001:2008 is based on the philosophies approach...
181. Cultural and Communication Barriers between foreign workers as well as management.
182. Whistleblowers - Sometimes they win!