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Praveen Gupta

Praveen Gupta is the director of quality at Stephen Gould and author of “Business Innovation in the 21st Century.” He was a columnist for Quality many years ago. He wrote about manufacturing excellence. He has been pursuing process excellence since 2006. He has tried through the US TAG for ISO 9001 standards, implementing excellence at many companies, in education, and in social scenarios. Praveen teaches a Management of Innovation course at SJSU.

Praveen is a Fellow of American Society of Quality (ASQ), received the Alumni Award from Illinois Institute of Technology, a pioneer of implementing the Six Sigma methodology at Motorola, and the developer of the science of innovation, including his TEDOC (Target, Explore, Develop, Optimize and Commercialize) methodology. He has authored over a dozen books and published dozens of articles in trade and peer-reviewed journals or magazines.

He is the Quality Professional of the Year 2016, and an advisor to BrainPan, a firm founded by his students.

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Manufacturing Excellence: Massive Mismanagement

Praveen Gupta

April 29, 2009

It is a given that U.S. corporations are struggling-be it manufacturing, finance or service organizations-with multiple diseases because of innumerable bacteria. The business bacteria strain keeps getting bigger and so do the business diseases.

Praveen Gupta

March 30, 2009

There is a new methodology for improving business performance called the bailout.

Praveen Gupta

March 2, 2009

Just in time (JIT) gave a new name to the Toyota Production System (TPS) and a set of good tools. However, I feel that the word lean undid all of that. Look what our economy has become: We are lean and we are sick.

Praveen Gupta

January 28, 2009

In a recently organized Zagreb Economic Forum, I had the opportunity to give a keynote about our Breakthrough Innovation (Brinnovation) framework. During my talk, someone asked, Why isn’t innovation sensational, sporty or sexy to attract more people and executives?

Praveen Gupta

January 3, 2009

The most recent government assistance given to financial institutions has created a perception that the U.S. government has unlimited amounts of money to help U.S. corporations clean up their messes.

Praveen Gupta

November 24, 2008

If I were to write the new president of the United States a letter, it would go something like this:

Praveen Gupta

October 24, 2008

It occurred to me that most talk on innovation has been about culture change or product development. The real-life stuff happens in manufacturing where we are losing our livelihood faster than we can imagine.

Praveen Gupta

October 2, 2008

In the second of a two-part series, more obstacles that keep many manufacturers from achieving manufacturing excellence are explained.

Praveen Gupta

August 29, 2008

Many experts, including myself, give advice on how to improve operations and achieve excellence. In order to figure out how to overcome challenges to manufacturing excellence, first we must be able to identify what obstructs us from achieving excellence.

Praveen Gupta

July 31, 2008

Most quality programs-actually management initiatives-have been credited for failures at the middle management level. Middle management is the process owner, or the first level of supervision, irrespective of its official glamorous titles in various organizations.

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