A Tale Of Two Paradigms

Download or read book A Tale of Two PARADIGMS written by Dr. Tony LaTurner and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-05-16 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Any company or individual that has experience installing a Materials Requirement Program (MRP), an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), program or a sophisticated accounting system or any of the newer quality initiative has learned firsthand the importance of first, preparing and collecting the right data first. Remember the importance of the Bill of Materials (BOM)? We even coined the phrase 'garbage in, garbage out,' from those days. It would take a normal company, years to straighten out the MRP installations, because they were normally installed without any forethought. Well, establishing a good company quality improvement program today, takes as much or more in preparation and effort. The problems companies face are basically all the same; poor preparation and lack foresight of the impact on the company, the customer and the supplier. Companies always underestimate the extent of the installation effort and the total impact on the entire system. By installed a new program or upgrade to an existing program it always impacts most parts of the whole system, besides the internal workings of the installing company. It's not that most business personnel aren't in agreement that programs using Lean, Six Sigma and TOe disciplines are good logical approaches to achieving worthwhile quality results, its' just that implementing a worthwhile semblance of a decent program, and reaping the benefits, has avoided our expectations. Everyone knows about TQM and can already suggest they have implemented a semblance of a program already, but at what present benefit? By implementing the best of logical thinking existing today, a new paradigm of performance, companies that are manufacturers, retailers, distributors and service, can recognize potentials they presently do not know how to find. What all executives or, managers of companies want, are to feel a sense of accomplishment through improving growth and profitability, not manipulating figures. This book follows a logical progression continually expanding almost all company's problems needed changing before making a quality initiative change. If you are interested in learning what many world class companies have already discovered, this book is for you. Many would suggest becoming world class, is a hard path to take because they are constantly trying. It is not! A clear path to take, yes, but hard, no, if it is done right! I hope the following will make your path easier. This book is written for anyone interested in making business a career. The following approach has taken forty years to mature. You can take advantage and do it in two, 'if you are diligent! '