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Final Installment – Deming Myths Dan Strongin Myth: That Deming and Lean are related: Truth: Lean and Deming don’t really have all that much to do with each other, which is not to detract from either. Ohno was deeply influenced … Continue reading →

More Deming Myths Dan Strongin There is are a lot of misconception online and in practice about what Dr. Deming said, and meant Myth: Deming alone brought quality to Japan in the 1950s Truth: Where it stands, based on the … Continue reading →

Dispelling Some Deming Myths Dan Strongin There is are a lot of misconception online and in practice about what Dr. Deming said, and meant, so I want to take on a couple of the more common myths. As always, it … Continue reading →

He was very good at his job, and I dare say no one I’ve ever known had better mechanical proficiency than him. Many of his apprentices have a high opinion of his skills to this day. In the 1940s, he … Continue reading →

Never mind that the boy is left handed and the pictures in the book are of a right handed archer. The boy is Alan Pippenger, one of 3 sons of Capt. F.M. Pippenger deep sea fishing captain. Neither parent has … Continue reading →

A lot of work has been done with Shewhart’s Control Charts, extending it well beyond where it was meant to go. There are some high-toned, scientific and hyper-academic arguments over control charts out there, in part due to the deeply … Continue reading →

As luck would have it, I happened to be going to Wisconsin near where he lived on a project for the Dairy Business Innovation Center. We arranged to meet in a restaurant near Green Bay. Only problem was, the restaurant … Continue reading →

By Dan Strongin In late 2007 I got a call. The owner of Pickled Peppers Inc. had been reading my monthly column in the Cheese Reporter. My column mostly is on how to manage better, based on the principles of … Continue reading →

by Dan Strongin (Inspired by a post on LinkedIN) With all due respect to those who I am sure are very serious about their work, I find it always helps, when you want to deeply understand something, to go the … Continue reading →

A View from the Outside – What We All Need Alan Pippenger – Deming Collaboration The year is 1956, the place, St. Petersburg, Florida. A ten year old boy watches too many episodes of Robin Hood and develops an interest … Continue reading →