Stephen Deas on Process Improvement and Audits


	Stephen Deas on Process Improvement and Audits

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2-1-2009 6:47 AM

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2-4-2009 8:28 PM

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Everything is a "process" and there is always room for improvement.

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<A href="http://patty-thenewnewworldofwork.blogspot.com/2009/01/stephen-deas-of-quality-minds-inc-human.html" linkindex="1" set="yes">Deas on The Need for Continuous Improvement</A>
</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://patty-thenewnewworldofwork.blogspot.com/2009/01/stephen-deas-of-quality-minds-inc-human.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/patty-thenewnewworldofwork.blogspot.com/img/46EAB8DE-A445-4C7E-9C18-4E3E8B353BF5" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://patty-thenewnewworldofwork.blogspot.com/2009/01/stephen-deas-of-quality-minds-inc-human.html"><DIV><BR /><STRONG>Now More than Ever-The Need for Continuous Improvement of Business Processes</STRONG></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://patty-thenewnewworldofwork.blogspot.com/2009/01/stephen-deas-of-quality-minds-inc-human.html"><DIV><BR />The wheel of progress is turning slow right now. It will increase speed in time but now the country is taking a collective breath to understand what to do next. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://patty-thenewnewworldofwork.blogspot.com/2009/01/stephen-deas-of-quality-minds-inc-human.html"><DIV><STRONG><EM><SPAN>Take this opportunity to prepare your organization for the eventual prosperity.</SPAN></EM></STRONG></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://patty-thenewnewworldofwork.blogspot.com/2009/01/stephen-deas-of-quality-minds-inc-human.html"><DIV>1. Be sure you have good indicators in place to measure the health of the organization. At a minimum, cover safety, quality, cost, and delivery with focus on the five areas of processes. (see SIPOC diagram below) </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://patty-thenewnewworldofwork.blogspot.com/2009/01/stephen-deas-of-quality-minds-inc-human.html">2. Management must meet frequently and without fail</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://patty-thenewnewworldofwork.blogspot.com/2009/01/stephen-deas-of-quality-minds-inc-human.html">3. Hold continuous improvement events.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://patty-thenewnewworldofwork.blogspot.com/2009/01/stephen-deas-of-quality-minds-inc-human.html">4. Increase the frequency of internal audits. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://patty-thenewnewworldofwork.blogspot.com/2009/01/stephen-deas-of-quality-minds-inc-human.html">Does it consistently meet the customer's requirements?</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://patty-thenewnewworldofwork.blogspot.com/2009/01/stephen-deas-of-quality-minds-inc-human.html"><A href="http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=22889578&authToken=phqr&authType=name" title="View Stephen Deas's profile" class="fn" linkindex="4">Stephen Deas</A><BR />Owner, Quality Minds, Inc. 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