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IMPROVE #19: STEP EIGHT - Standardize and Share Success

Manny Diaz

Mar 20, 2020
2 min

IMPROVE #19: STEP EIGHT - Standardize and Share Success

What a journey! This is the end of the improvement process! STEP EIGHT falls into the ACT or "adjust" phase. This is when we draw...

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Improve #18: STEP SEVEN - Monitor Results and Process

Manny Diaz

Mar 19, 2020
3 min

Improve #18: STEP SEVEN - Monitor Results and Process

When we are walking, we need our eyes to see where we are going. Walking with our eyes closed will lead to an imminent fall. The same...

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Improve #17: STEP SIX - Implement Countermeasures

Manny Diaz

Mar 18, 2020
1 min

Improve #17: STEP SIX - Implement Countermeasures

It's time for action! Now that you have developed your countermeasures and narrowed them down (STEP FIVE), it is time to see them through...

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Improve #16: STEP FIVE -Develop Countermeasures

Manny Diaz

Mar 17, 2020
1 min

Improve #16: STEP FIVE -Develop Countermeasures

This is the last sub-step of the PLAN phase of the PDCA cycle. We have pinpointed the problem, broken down the problem, set targets, and...

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Improve #15: STEP FOUR - Analyze the Root Cause

Manny Diaz

Mar 16, 2020
2 min

Improve #15: STEP FOUR - Analyze the Root Cause

We are already half-way learning the process. We pinpointed the problem, we have broken it in parts, we have set target assignments and...

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Improve #14: STEP THREE - Set the Target

Manny Diaz

Mar 13, 2020
2 min

Improve #14: STEP THREE - Set the Target

We are going from understanding the Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle to learning the quality improvement process that has taken Toyota and many...

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Improve #13: STEP TWO - Breakdown the Problem

Manny Diaz

Mar 12, 2020
2 min

Improve #13: STEP TWO - Breakdown the Problem

"How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time,” a popular saying has it. The old proverb means that large tasks can be accomplished if...

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Improve #12: STEP ONE - Clarify the Problem

Manny Diaz

Mar 11, 2020
2 min

Improve #12: STEP ONE - Clarify the Problem

If you understood the PDCA cycle, you understood the core of continuous improvement. Edward Deming's philosophy revolutionized the...

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Manny Diaz

Mar 10, 2020
2 min

Improve #11: From PDCA to QI Process

It was exciting to learn that the PDCA cycle applies to real life. Johnny's inspiring story (Part 1, Part 2, & Part 3) shows us that...

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Improve #10: Making Things Happen (Round 2)

Manny Diaz

Mar 9, 2020
2 min

Improve #10: Making Things Happen (Round 2)

Johnny's main objective was to pay $25,000 debt. At this point, he is far from accomplishing that, but he has managed to learn that by...

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Improve #9: Making things happen (Round 1)

Manny Diaz

Mar 6, 2020
3 min

Improve #9: Making things happen (Round 1)

Johnny's story has nothing to do with the implementation of Quality Improvement for any product or service in any industry, however, it...

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Manny Diaz

Mar 5, 2020
3 min

Improve #8: Where do I start?

We just started to learn about the infamous PDCA cycle and soon will see specific applications related to our industry, but before we do...

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Manny Diaz

Mar 4, 2020
2 min

Improve #7: Plan-Do-Check-Act

Complacency and Stagnancy prevent us from growth and development, but the attitude of improvement does the opposite. The attitude of...

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Manny Diaz

Mar 3, 2020
2 min

Improve #6: Let's move!

Stagnant water can be dangerous for drinking because it provides a better incubator than running water for many kinds of bacteria and...

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Manny Diaz

Mar 2, 2020
2 min

Improve #5: Move out of Stagnancy

"Stagnancy" is defined as the state of not flowing or moving. For example, a country's economy becomes stagnant when there is lack of...

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Manny Diaz

Jan 30, 2020
2 min

Improve #4: QC vs. QI

We have learned that the U.S. didn't value the Quality Improvement philosophy until too late. While Japan worked hard to make it happen,...

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Manny Diaz

Jan 29, 2020
2 min

Improve #3: A bit of history

During World War II, the American atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki made Nagasaki the second and, to date, last city in the world...

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Improve #2: What is quality improvement?

Manny Diaz

Jan 28, 2020
2 min

Improve #2: What is quality improvement?

Sometime in 1989 my boss, one of the owners of M/G Electric Company, a large motor repair shop in MIami, said: "Manny, we will deploy a...

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Manny Diaz

Jan 27, 2020
2 min

Improve #1: Improvement vs. Complacency

Life is defined by the dictionary as a characteristic that distinguishes physical entities that have biological self-sustaining...

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Start your day with inspirational daily wisdom for the workplace.

IMPROVE #19: STEP EIGHT - Standardize and Share Success

Improve #18: STEP SEVEN - Monitor Results and Process

Improve #17: STEP SIX - Implement Countermeasures

Improve #16: STEP FIVE -Develop Countermeasures

Improve #15: STEP FOUR - Analyze the Root Cause

Improve #14: STEP THREE - Set the Target

Improve #13: STEP TWO - Breakdown the Problem

Improve #12: STEP ONE - Clarify the Problem

Improve #11: From PDCA to QI Process

Improve #10: Making Things Happen (Round 2)

Improve #9: Making things happen (Round 1)

Improve #8: Where do I start?

Improve #7: Plan-Do-Check-Act

Improve #6: Let's move!

Improve #5: Move out of Stagnancy

Improve #4: QC vs. QI

Improve #3: A bit of history

Improve #2: What is quality improvement?

Improve #1: Improvement vs. Complacency

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