What is Quality?
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There are multiple ‘official’ definitions that have been published by a variety of both national and international professional bodies and their respective gurus connected with these bodies.
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DHI announces winner of 'Student of the Year Award'
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David Hutchins Innovation is delighted to announce the winner of the ‘Student of the Year Award 2019’. Selected from a strong pool of candidates, David Couldrey, Technical Director at Wicks Manor is currently studying the Diploma in Quality Leadership.
Read MoreStudents from 90 schools work on projects for social change using Quality Circles
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Students from 90 schools - India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Mauritius and Thailand came together at the ICSQCC 2019, Lucknow to work on projects for social change using Quality Circles.
Read MoreArron Taylor has been named 'Student of the Year Award 2018' by DHI→
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Arron Taylor has been named 'Student of the Year Award 2018' by DHI
Read MoreHow to promote Quality Month in your organisation
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How to promote 'Quality Month' in your organisation
Now is the time to think about how you intend to launch and run your Quality Month. Don't leave it to the last minute. Throughout the month of November we will have a number of activities and resources available to download.
Read MoreThe Loose Brick - an element of Hoshin Kanri?
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The 'Loose Brick' concept is well known in Japan but virtually unheard of in the West. It is a key element in the Risk Management Element in 'Hoshin Kanri' (Reference David Hutchins Book) The over all objective of Hoshin Kanri is to create an organisation in which everyone from the top to the bottom is working towards making that organisation the best in its business.
Read MoreWhat is Hoshin Kanri?
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Hoshin Kanri' is a Japanese term that has no direct translation into English. There three key elements but each element breaks down into multiple sub elements Many would be experts attempt to create trite simple models but there is nothing simple about Hoshin Kanri, why? Because it represents a model that embraces every activity in an organisation.
The over all objective is to create an organisation in which everyone from the top to the bottom is working towards making that organisation the best in its business.
Read More5 W's and an H. Often referred to as the 5 Why's. By David Hutchins
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Originally this technique was part of a concept called Critical Examination. Using this concept, an organisation would design, or purchase forms (see Critical Examination grid above) with the 5 W's and an H structured in an orderly way to enable the most searching questioning to take place. It is somewhat tedious to use but patience is often rewarded with some excellent new ideas.
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