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The Deming System of Profound Knowledge® (SoPK)
The Deming System of Profound Knowledge® (SoPK) is the culmination of Dr. W. Edwards Deming's lifelong efforts to define a comprehensive theory of management which embraces his 14 Points for ...
Read More Dr. Deming’s 14 Points for Management
Dr. W. Edwards Deming offered 14 key principles for management to follow to improve the effectiveness of a business or organization significantly. The principles (points) were first presented in his ...
Read More Seven Deadly Diseases of Management
While the 14 Points for Management can be said to express Dr. Deming's philosophy of transformational management, his Seven Deadly Diseases of Management describe the most serious barriers that management faces to improving effectiveness ...
Read More PDSA Cycle
The PDSA Cycle (Plan-Do-Study-Act) is a systematic process for gaining valuable learning and knowledge for the continual improvement of a product, process, or service. Also known as the Deming Wheel, ...
Read More Red Bead Experiment
Beginning in the early 1980s, Dr. Deming used his infamous Red Bead Experiment to clearly and dramatically illustrate several points about poor management practices, including several of the Seven Deadly Diseases, ...
Read More The Funnel Experiment
The Funnel Experiment was devised by Dr. Deming to describe the adverse effects of making changes to a process without first making a careful study of the possible causes of the variation ...
Read More Deming Institute Blog
How to Use Data and Avoid Being Mislead by Data
By John Hunter, author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog. One of the four areas of Deming’s management system is “understanding variation.” The core principle underlying that concept is…
Quality Improvement in Maternity Services: How Deming Can Help
Guest post by Victoria Morgan The quality of maternity services in England is in the spotlight. National audits have shown that whilst outcomes have improved significantly over the last decade…
The W. Edwards Deming Institute 2016 Fall Conference, Sep 16-18
By John Hunter, founder of CuriousCat.com. 2016 Deming Institute Annual Conference September 16 – 18, 2016 Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan Find more information and the registration form. Facilitators…
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