Psychological Safety and Reduced COPQ
By SoumenDe
The corporate world is strewn with examples when the stakeholders demonstrated guarded silence and let the ‘quality issue’ leak through the system which then led to huge Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) reported in the field. Some of the debilitating consequences for the impacted company could be the ‘actual’ warranty cost shooting way above the budgeted provisions, reduced
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Quality conscience means doing right
By SoumenDe
Most companies celebrated Quality Week (hashtag#WQW22) from 7-11 November,2022. The theme for this year’s celebration is aptly described as “Quality conscience: Doing the right thing” {Ref – https://www.quality.org/WQW22}. This has hit the nail on the head as every quality conscious organization is striving hard to work to improve quality at the foundational (mindset/cultural) level While some
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Signs Your Company Isn’t Lean-Ready
By SoumenDe
Companies looking for accelerating their #lean transformation journey often engage #Lean consultants to train and coach teams on identifying and addressing Muda, Mura and Muri from their manufacturing and business processes, with an aim of achieving significant and sustainable business results. While #Lean Consultants use all applicable lean tools and methodologies to assess the improvement
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The X,X/2,X4 Rule of Social Media Engagements
By SoumenDe
Disclaimer- (this is purely based on my observations and reflections and very original piece of work; this is not meant to offend or criticize anybody directly or indirectly 😊) It is no brainer that social media, like a strong vacuum pump tries to suck the attention out of us. For the people who are not
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