Haiku UReaders wax eloquent about quality
Mon, 10/10/2011 - 09:43
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Wild craziness
No one knows diddly here
Going homeward bound
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We have an issue!
Looking for the root cause?
Go to the gemba!
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5 Whys finds root cause
Corrective action needed
Must sustain changes
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My quality plan… Haiku UThe quality world in 17 syllables
Thu, 09/01/2011 - 09:25
This month we’re challenging readers to create quality poems in the three-line haiku format. The first line should be five syllables, the second line seven syllables, and the third line five syllables for a total of 17:
Standards are key… I’m All Shook Up!What do you get when you cross Elvis with Six Sigma?
Thu, 07/28/2011 - 17:22
Ever feel like your brain has been put in a jar, “all shook up,” then poured out? That’s what we did with a list of 18 quality words and terms that you would hear at a Six Sigma training class. Unscramble them and e-mail your answers to us by Aug… “Respect for People” Certification Course Coming in SeptemberBe the first to learn the Harada Method from Norman Bodek
Thu, 06/30/2011 - 11:35
(Quality Digest: Chico, CA) -- Norman Bodek, author of several best-selling books, including How to do Kaizen: A new path to innovation—Empowering everyone to be a problem solver (PCS Inc., 2010), will be running his “Respect for People”… Game ArchivesFavorites from <em>Quality Digest Daily</em>
Thu, 06/09/2011 - 14:22
Quality challenges
Acronym Jeopardy
Brainstorming with Shigeo Shingo
Customer Confidential
Don't Think Small, Think Micro
From Chaos to Order
Hang Your Kaizen Facilitator
Have You Been Paying Attention?
Headline Wars
Inverse Kinematics
Lynch the… Readers Redefine Quality A glossary of common terms with one letter added, subtracted, or changed
Wed, 06/01/2011 - 14:47
We ran a contest recently asking readers to reshape some of the words they use every day, and the results were both surprising and funny. The game was based on a favorite word-wrangling exercise developed by those brains at Mensa, the long-running… This Year in Quality, Part ThreeImplementing theories, engaging students, and keeping customers smiling
Mon, 12/20/2010 - 08:23
Beginning Dec. 8 with “This Year in Quality, Part One,” and continuing Dec. 14 with part two, the editors of Quality Digest Daily took a look at its stories and news articles throughout 2010 and collected what we thought were the most remarkable in… This Year in Quality, Part TwoWidgets, wheels, and a responsible world
Mon, 12/13/2010 - 08:20
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eginning last week with “This Year in Quality, Part One,” the editors of Quality Digest Daily took a look at its stories and news articles throughout 2010 and collected what we thought were the most remarkable in the world of quality. From… Metris Responds to Hexagon LawsuitClaim that law suit is "baseless."
Wed, 07/22/2009 - 13:53
(Quality Digest: Louisville, KY) -- As first reported in the July 17th issue of Quality Digest Daily, Hexagon Metrology has filed patent infringement litigation against Metris N.V. and its U.S. subsidiary Metris U.S.A. Inc. The basis of that… E-Z-GO Awarded The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence
Mon, 05/11/2009 - 10:28
(Textron Inc.: Augusta, Georgia ) -- E-Z-GO, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), has been awarded the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence. The international award recognizes companies that achieve world-class performance and promote lean…