Deming in the News 2/9/24
Deming Updates
Edition No. 2 in Quality Journey – Founding fathers of Quality – Dr. W. Edwards Deming
He is considered as the one who made Japan rise from ashes to become the superpower in the global economy through his Quality frameworks and standards. Deming Prize is one of the highest awards on TQM in the world and the award is dedicated to Dr. William Edwards Deming.
The Rise and Fall of Quality Improvement in America
The godfather of modern QI activities that have been adopted in all industries worldwide was W. Edwards Deming (1900-1993). He received his BA in electrical engineering, and MS and PhD in mathematics and physics, the latter from Yale in 1928, well before that institution went ‘woke.’ Dr. Deming’s work revolved around a simple premise: There are no bad workers; there are only bad systems. He first took that premise to the Detroit automakers in the late 1940s to show them how they could improve their vehicle manufacturing processes.
https://brownstone.org/articles/the-rise-and-fall-of-quality-improvement-in-america/
Profound S4 E1 - Adam Hawkins - Seeking Quality in the Digital Landscape
I have an enlightening conversation with Adam Hawkins in this episode. We dive deep into W. Edwards Deming's seminal perspectives on quality. Our dialogue explores how this expansive framing of quality requires connecting producers and consumers in a broader system. We relate these concepts to service level objectives (SLOs) and their role in quantifying acceptable loss balanced against keeping systems valuable. This leads us to the profound realization that quality is contextual, varying across different systems and business needs.
https://www.profound-deming.com/blog-4/adam-hawkins-seeking-quality-in-the-digital-landscape
Video: How does Deming's work on quality help us? | South Yorkshire branch
https://youtu.be/t52VyloOM_o?si=Upmuo4exkwJ2UHb1
News Deming Would be Interested In
Descartes’ study reveals 76% of supply chain and logistics operations are experiencing notable workforce shortages
Descartes Systems Group has released findings from its study How Bad Is the Supply Chain and Logistics Workforce Challenge?, which indicate that 76% of the supply chain and logistics leaders surveyed are experiencing notable workforce shortages in their operations.
Google supply chain bug patched in code-testing tool Bazel
A critical supply chain bug in a Google's open-source software development tool called Bazel opened the door to hackers to insert malicious code. The command injection vulnerability, according to researchers, impacted the security of millions of Bazel-dependent projects including Kubernetes, Angular, Uber, LinkedIn, Databricks, DropBox, Nvidia and Google.
https://www.scmagazine.com/news/supply-chain-vulnerability-fixed-in-google-bazel
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