Documenti di Didattica
Documenti di Professioni
Documenti di Cultura
Prophet of the Quality (According to Japanese) Non Faulty System Continual Improvement (PDCA Cycle) System of Profound Knowledge Appreciation for a system Understanding Variation Theory of Knowledge Knowledge of Psychology
theories can be wrong so we must actively check to find out if they are correct. PDCA)
( Study of the human mind, including how people act and interact in different situations )
Organizational Level
Meeting external customer requirements
Process Level
Linking external & internal customer requirements
Performer Level
Meeting internal customer requirements
Higher Profitability
DEMING: 14 Points
1. MANAGEMENT COMMITMENT: Create constancy of purpose towards improvement of product and service, with the aim to become competitive, stay in business, and to provide jobs.
Constancy of purpose means: innovate -- spend resources for long term planning vs. quick profits Invest in research and education No innovation without research, and no research without training & education Continuous improvement of the right products (and/or the right type of service) in the right market Invest in maintenance -- malfunctions in machinery, process, and tools introduce defects only top management can establish the constancy of purpose Make policy ,establish a set of core values ,adopt and publish the mission Leadership, fire prevention vs. fire fighting, do long term planning where do we want to be in certain future period from now? by which method? And provide a road map for the organization to follow
DEMING: 14 Points
2. LEARN THE NEW PHILOSOPHY: Adopt the new philosophy. We are in a new economic age. Western management must awaken to the challenge, must learn their responsibilities, and take on leadership for change. Customer-centric , Looks after the need of the customers,
Use measurement, recognize the economic loss for any deviation from target value
Customers don't often complain, they just switch Management must face the challenge, must learn their responsibilities, and
DEMING: 14 Points
3. UNDERSTAND INSPECTION: Cease (Stop) dependence on inspection
to achieve quality. Eliminate the need for inspection on a mass basis by creating quality into the product in the first place.
inspection is used because experience has indicated a high error rate for the underlying processes. If the error rate is reduced sufficiently, it will no longer be necessary to inspect every action. Unfortunately, when error rates increases, trained workers and management is to spend more time checking for errors instead of attempting to improve the underlying processes: 4. END PRICE TAG DECISIONS: End the practice of awarding business
on the basis of price tag. Instead minimize total cost. Move towards a single supplier for any one item, on a long term relationship of loyalty and trust.
5. IMPROVE CONSTANTLY: Improve constantly and forever the system of production and service, to improve quality and productivity, and thus constantly decrease costs.
6. IMPROVE JOB SKILLS: Institute training on the job. (Training manuals and
DEMING: 14 Points
7. INSTITUTE LEADERSHIP: The aim of supervision should be to help people and
machines and gadgets to do a better job. Supervision of management is in need of overhaul as well as supervision of production workers.
strategic vision, a leader to accomplish transformation in the organization. He possesses knowledge, personality, and persuasive power, a coach who removes obstacles, Leaders must know the work that they supervise, "Follow me" should help people, machines and gadgets to do a better job, provide training or instruction; never stop learning not afraid of the responsibility, listen and learn without passing judgment Engages in informal, unplanned conversation with every team member at least once a year to listen and understand their aims, hopes, and fears
Supervisor Says. ---"keep quiet" about problems. Managers resolve conflict either through coercion or compromise. Leader gets conflict out into the open so that differences can be addressed and win-win solutions can be pursued in place of win-lose decisions.
DEMING: 14 Points
8. DRIVE OUT FEAR: Drive out fear, so that everyone may work effectively for the company Fear will cause people to play defense. Fear will inhibit them from sharing with management a real view and will make them unwilling to risk new ideas. Continuous improvement need accurate data, If afraid workers will see the bad consequences of providing accurate data,
9. OPTIMIZE TEAM EFFORTS: Break down barriers between departments. People in research, design, sales, and production must work as a team, to foresee (predict) problems of production and in use that may be encountered with the product or service.
DEMING: 14 Points
11. EMLIMINATES NUMERICAL QUOTAS & GOALS (Controversial) quotas take accountability of numbers, not quality or methods -- the responsibility of supervisors must be changed from sheer numbers to quality, quotas, such as "measured day work" or "rates" can cause high cost of quality. Quality is compromised to meet quota, the result is loss, dissatisfaction, and turnover.
12 REMOVE BARRIERS TO PRIDE IN WORKMANSHIP: a). Remove barriers that rob the hourly worker of his right to joy of workmanship. The responsibility of supervisors must be changed from sheer numbers to quality. b). Remove barriers that rob people in management and in engineering of their right to joy of workmanship. This means abolishment of the annual merit rating 13. INSTITUTE EDUCATION: Institute a vigorous (forceful) program of education and self-improvement. 14. TAKE ACTION: Put everybody in the company to work to accomplish the transformation. The transformation is everybody's job.
QUESTIONS