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How to Choose the Right Improvement Model

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Quality folks use and promote some standard problem solving and continuous improvement methods, and you’ll want to reference the right acronym when getting buy-in for your improvement project. You may have heard of PDCA, PDSA, and DMAIC. You vaguely know they’re improvement, but don’t really know what their differences are. When should you use which one, and for what? This installment demystifies the titles and explores the history of each so you can talk about the right tool for your project.

Making Business Systems Remediation-Resistant

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Build upon your current business systems to make them adaptable.

A View of Auditing (from Atop a Horse)

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Use auditors regularly to keep track of your business systems, as a supplement to metrics.

It’s Better to Broaden Who We Think are Customers

Shifting our view to be customer-centric can improve our workplace, grow and strengthen our network, and introduce opportunities.

Integrating Quality and Reliability Engineering Earlier in New Designs

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Inviting ourselves to the conversation early can cultivate working relationships that best utilize Quality and Reliability methods.

Use Mini-Reports to Better Communicate, Organize and Recruit

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A mini-report is a simple tool that is effective at communicating technical information, becomes a resource for later for ourselves, and can be a learning and recruiting tool for future practitioners.