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IndustryWeek Continuous Improvement

 
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Process optimization, driven by employee engagement, makes the synthetic rubber plant in central Mexico one of the top performers in North America.
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An updated look into the billions of dollars being invested in new battery plants and expansions in recent years.
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Being hands-on, collaborating and modelling behavior is not the same as interjecting yourself into other people's roles.
We all need to know when we're not performing, but hearing that in a way that promotes growth can be difficult.
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From the IndustryWeek Archives
Feigenbaum: "Today, in major American companies, [cost of quality] can be 25% or more in sales, most of which is failure. In my experience, that is created by what I call the hidden organization or hidden factory: that part of your organization that exists to do bad work."
Deming’s message is as relevant today as it was in 1980.