{"id":943,"date":"2019-06-05T11:49:08","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T15:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/?p=943"},"modified":"2019-06-05T11:49:08","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T15:49:08","slug":"three-deming-principles-to-improve-productivity-and-work-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/05\/three-deming-principles-to-improve-productivity-and-work-quality\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Deming Principles to Improve Productivity and Work Quality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span style=\"color: #488ca7;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/HOP2017_06-16_0114.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-945\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/HOP2017_06-16_0114-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-size=\"3960x2640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/HOP2017_06-16_0114-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/HOP2017_06-16_0114-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/HOP2017_06-16_0114-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/HOP2017_06-16_0114-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/HOP2017_06-16_0114-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <\/a>In our last newsletter, we talked about the renowned management consultant W. Edwards Deming and his Plan-Do-Study-Act process to improve productivity.<\/span> <\/b>Now, let\u2019s explore three more Deming principles that can help you manage your business. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #658c65;\"><b>Create constancy of purpose toward improvement of product and service.<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span>Think ahead to the future. If you\u2019re considering expanding your services or making other changes, start laying the groundwork now. Also, always seek new ways to improve operations by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>keeping up with industry trends;<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">investing in training for employees; and<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">communicating with your employees (such as a ten-minute huddle at the end of each day) to discover what\u2019s working and what is not.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #658c65;\"><b>Adopt the new philosophy.<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span>Having a \u201crolling with the punches\u201d mindset can hurt business efficiency as you find yourself constantly putting out fires. Instead, look critically at how your company has been doing things and be open to new approaches that will prevent circumstances from going ablaze in the first place. For example, rather than just assuming your crew will know exactly what to do, ask your employees or sub-contractors to repeat verbally what they are tasked with doing. Doing so will allow you to confirm understanding and help prevent mistakes.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #658c65;\"><b>Cease dependence on inspection to achieve quality.<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span>Inspecting jobs after they\u2019re finished is too late to ensure or improve quality.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Instead, consider doing random check-ups on-site to assess if in-progress jobs are meeting your company\u2019s standards. This will enable you to identify if crew members need additional training and figure out what process improvements will help eliminate quality failures.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #488ca7;\">To learn more about all 14 of Deming\u2019s principles, visit The Deming Institute website at <a style=\"color: #488ca7;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.deming.org\">deming.org<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our last newsletter, we talked about the renowned management consultant W. Edwards Deming and his Plan-Do-Study-Act process to improve productivity. Now, let\u2019s explore three more Deming principles that can help you manage your business. \u00a0 Create constancy of purpose toward improvement of product and service. Think ahead to the future. If you\u2019re considering expanding&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=943"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":946,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943\/revisions\/946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}