Articles Tagged with ''continuous improvement''

Kelly Allan of Kelly Allan Associates, a member of the board of trustees of the nonprofit The W. Edwards Deming Institute, talks to Quality about Deming and quality.

I was watching an NFL Football game when I first heard it. The commentator—interestingly enough, the rules commentator, a new fixture in football broadcasts, in place to help the audience better understand the how’s and why’s of the way a game is being officiated—referred to the situation as a “50 guys in the bar standard.”

In medical device manufacturing, precision is not optional. Every molded component must meet exacting requirements for safety, reliability, and compliance.

For decades, manufacturers have invested heavily in lean tools, automation and continuous improvement systems.

Son, some of the lights aren't working...I know Dad, it's due to random variation. 

Michelle Bangert talks with Girish Gopalakrishnan, North America senior manager of continuous improvement at Case New Holland, about connected frontline workers at The Assembly Show in Chicago.

Jenna Schoettker is a senior accreditation specialist at A2LA and has been in the industry for a long time. She's been working with Quality on a few different projects.

I just finished spending three days with a man named Josh Springer, inventor of “Bottoms up” a draft beer dispensing system that fills the glass from the bottom. 

During my management career at a Fortune 50 company, we were taught to treat quality and safety as top priority. They were considered essential and everything else was secondary. 

How often have you attempted to implement continuous improvement in your organization, only to find that the improvements don’t last? How frequently have you struggled to get buy-in from team members?