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4th Annual World Quality Month – Get Involved, Share Your Story 0
- ASQ's Influential Voices
- November 18, 2013
Join the Global Quality Community in celebrating World Quality Month in November 2013! Now in its fourth year, World Quality Month provides a platform for acknowledging the efforts and accomplishments of the Global Quality Community. This is a time to celebrate—a time to showcase the advancements and valuable quality contributions in businesses, communities, and institutions.
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Lean Quote: Tell People What You Want, Not How To Do It 0
- Lean Quote
- November 15, 2013
On Fridays I will post a Lean related Quote. Throughout our lifetimes many people touch our lives and leave us with words of wisdom. These can both be a source of new learning and also a point to pause and reflect upon lessons we have learned. Within Lean active learning is an important aspect on
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The Importance of Empowering Employees For Improvement 0
- Respect For People
- November 13, 2013
Empowering employees is the ongoing process of providing the tools, training, resources; encouragement and motivation your workers need to perform at the optimum level. If your organization is looking for a way to speed processes and still produce quality materials and services, focus on employee empowerment. When you show an employee you trust them, and
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Ten Guiding Quality Principles To Differentiate Your Business 0
- Quality
- November 11, 2013
Quality is an important factor when it comes to any product or service. With high market competition, quality has become the market differentiator for almost all products and services. Therefore, all manufacturers and service providers out there constantly look for ways of enhancing their product or the service quality. Organizations that are successful at creating
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Lean Quote: It’s Okay to Be Wrong 0
- Lean Quote
- November 8, 2013
On Fridays I will post a Lean related Quote. Throughout our lifetimes many people touch our lives and leave us with words of wisdom. These can both be a source of new learning and also a point to pause and reflect upon lessons we have learned. Within Lean active learning is an important aspect on
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Resist The Tendency To Skip The Current State Map For Real Improvement 0
- Lean Basics
- November 6, 2013
A reader who recently watched “The Secrets to Creating an Effective Value StreamMap Webinar” asked when is okay to skip the current state map. A value-stream map is a visual depiction of the flow of materials and information that provide the customer with a product or service. It also describes the lead time of various
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