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    Implementation of Social Responsibility:Improving the Quality of Life for Humanity

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    Gregory H. Watson

    Management Seminar

    China (Shanghai)

    Pilot Free Trade Zone

    24 July 2014

    Implementation of Social Responsibility:Improving the Quality of Life for Humanity

    Module 1: Understanding how Corporate Social Responsibility

    Relates to the Obligations of Organizations

    Module 2: Implementing the Principles of Social Responsibility

    Using the Methods of Quality Management

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    IMPLEMENTING THE PRINCIPLES OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

    USING THE METHODS OF QUALITY MANAGEMENT

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    Part 2:

    IMPLEMENTATION OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY:IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR HUMANITY

    Corporate culture and corporate responsibility merge!

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    Laozi or Lao Tzu []Zhou Dynasty [6thCentury BCE)

    These two together merge; they have different names yet

    theyrecalled the same; that which is even more profound thanthe profoundthe gateway of all subtleties.

    Lao-Tzu

    Te-Tao Ching, Chapter 1

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    What challenge? Economic growth or development? What do organizations need: growth or development? Russell

    Ackoff described the difference between these ideas this way:

    Growth: increasing more of what is already existing. Development: changing the state of what already exists.

    Should organizations focus just on their financial or bottom

    lineperformance or should they expand to consider what is

    called the quadruple bottom line of the economic, social,

    environmental and spiritual aspects of doing business. If this

    change is made then how would an organizations financial

    accounting and work performance measurement systems be

    required to change? The spiritual component focuses self-

    fulfillment of individuals, not on religious aspects of belief.

    More specifically: How should a Chinese organization prepare

    itself to become a leading global brand? What must change in

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    Concept of a social contract The idea of the social contract originated in the so-called

    Ageof Enlightenment and it was expressed by such diverse

    philosophers such as BritainsJohn Locke (1689) and Frances

    Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1762). The idea describes a balance

    between the rights of the society and the rights of individuals

    as well as the question of the authority of the state over the

    individual. From a legal perspective, the rights of people have

    been assigned to corporations and they act as an accountable

    entity in societyjust as individuals do.

    What is the purpose of granting such a charter to businesses?

    Achieving the greatest prosperity or greatest good for society!

    Question to consider: Under what circumstances does either a

    corporation or an individual participate in society to achieve

    mutual benefit through coordinated activities that results in

    the achievement of this greatest good?

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    Concept of prosperity proposed by Frederick Taylor:

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    .

    .

    Oneof the dangers to be guarded against, when the pay of a man or

    woman is made in any way to depend upon the quantity of the work

    done, is that in the effort to increase the quantity the quality is aptto deteriorate.

    The system must be first.

    But, you cannot inspect quality into products!

    Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915)

    Founder of Scientific Management

    Principles of Scientific Management (1911)

    Efficiency in business delivers a fair deal to employees:

    1. Need for clearly defined objectives with delegation of authority

    2. Application of common sense to define principles of management

    3. Competent counsel to challenge ways of thinking and working

    4. Self-executing discipline must be created with esprit de corps5. Need for equity in working assignments and tasking (fair deal)

    6. Reliable, immediate, and adequate work records are required

    7. The flow of work must be controlled

    8. Establish rational work schedules and standards

    9. Need to control the performance of working processes

    10. Requirement of a systematic approach to standard operations

    11. Necessity of written standard practice instructions

    12. Management must provide recognition for efficient performance

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    Harrington Emerson (1853-1931)

    Engineering Consultant

    Twelve Principles of Efficiency (1908)

    Was the first to raise questions regarding the efficiency and

    productivity of large scale operations (1908).

    Developed twelve principles of operating efficiency to

    systematize the lessons learned throughout the industrial

    revolution:

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    Henry Fords definition of prosperity:

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    Thinkingmen know that work is the salvation of the race, morally, physically,socially. Work does more than get us our living: it gets us our life.

    Sincethe public makes a business, the primary obligation of business is to thepublic. Those who work for and with the business are part of this public. Anthis settles on the fundamental corporate policyto whom shall the benefits ofimprovements accrue?

    A business cannot serve both the public and money power.

    Abusiness that does not make a profit for the buyer of a commodity, as well as

    for the seller is not a good business.Thetest of the service of a corporation is in how far its benefits are passed onto the consumer.

    The essential law of prosperity . . . we can make prosperity continuous anduniversal.

    Men must be led into prosperity.

    Henry Ford (1863-1943)

    Founder of Ford Motor CompanyToday and Tomorrow (1926)

    The wisdom of Russian dissident Alexander Ilyin:

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    Scrutinize the history of Russia, the fate of its people, ponder upon its

    wreck and humiliation and you will see, that all its basic difficulties came

    from an over-emphasis on volumeand quantity.

    We trust and are confident that the hour will come when Russia will rise

    from disintegration and humiliation and begin an epoch of new

    development and greatness. But it will revive and blossom only after the

    Russian people understand that they must search for salvation in quality.

    Ivan Aleksandrovich Ilyin (1993-1954)

    Russian Dissident Philosopher

    Essay: Salvation through Quality (1928)Translated by: Gregory H. Watson

    Quality is the outcome of a cooperative social system!

    Productivity and capacity are false measures of value!

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    What is the meaning of freedom for the greatest good?

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    Ama-gi(2350 B.C.)an historical imperative for mankind:

    The Sumerian cuneiform that means a returnto motherand

    expresses the idea of freedomthat occurs from the process

    of reform. It is the earliest concept related to quality.

    Freedom from waste, loss, bigotry, abuse, hunger, debt, fear,

    defects, failureall of the negatives in lifesexperience whichdestroy the quality in the lives of all humanity.

    Mankind must cooperate in order to achieve this quality level!

    Considering quality as a common global value

    Quality is socially responsible: mankind must not squander the

    worlds scarce resources by consuming them poorly. In the end,

    quality outcomes generate economic value!

    Economic freedom is an essential ingredient of democracy. What is

    this freedom? A form of equality establishing characteristics that

    are equal in terms of quality or value.

    But we must view quality beyond the micro-economic requirements

    of one business. Quality is an obligationof social responsibility.

    The idea of qualityfor prosperityis a macro-economicapplicationof quality thinkingand doingso that it can become a culturalway

    of beingthat applies to society as a whole.

    To achieve macro-economic quality, the whole of a society must

    embrace this way of quality; prosperity must become the objective

    for all mankind through a pursuit of quality!

    Ilyin was right: mankindssalvation is through quality!

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    What do most organizations believe that CSR involves?

    Related international standards and business guidelines:

    ISO45001/OHSAS18001Occupational Safety and Health

    ISO14000Environmental Management ISO26000/SA8000Social Accountability

    United Nations Global CompactMoral Imperatives

    However:

    There is no global agreement on the specific content of CSR elements

    Minimum international agreementCSR company makes safe, quality

    products; while others add:

    Secure employment for employees

    Corporate philanthropy and charitable projects

    Positive contribution to social needs (e.g., health care and education)

    Fair trade and labor practices

    Creating Shared Value (CSV)corporate success and social welfare will

    operate in an interdependent manner (e.g., the triple bottom line of

    profit, people and planet)

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    So, what is CSR and how can it be managed for quality? CorporateSocial Responsibility(CSR) became popular in the 1960s

    and has remained a term that is used (often in a very indiscriminate

    manner) to describe the set of legal and moral responsibilities that

    have been assumed by an organizations. CSR has been added to the

    mission statements of organizations to describe what the company

    believes in and what it will support regarding social, environmental

    and human aspects of its citizenship in exercising its social contract.

    CSR is a self-regulatedelement in an organizationsbusiness model

    and acts as the corporate conscience which may also be stated as agoverning policy to define the expectations that stakeholders may

    reasonably anticipate that the organization will embrace as its agreed

    responsibility for community social action and how it will encourage

    positive impact through its activities on the environment, consumers,

    employees, and the local communities in which it operates.

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    How could Chinese companies design CSR systems? China Quality Outline encourages development of global brands

    by leading members of Chinese industry.

    However, this requires development of organizations that havean ability to operate effectively in the global marketplace which

    in turn requires that these organizations become aligned with

    all global systems especially those related to brand identity

    and reputation. This particular imperative means that Chinese

    leading companies must translate their cultures from the view

    of beingexcellent in Chinato beingexcellent globally.

    Such a transition will require development of global social

    systems that are more compatible with the value systems that

    are prevalent within the major world markets.

    This objective may be accomplished by an imaginative orcreative extension of an organizations system of managing for

    quality as defined by its regional customers in terms of their

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    How to develop a best practice global CSR system?

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    Developing a CSR system is secondary to developing the core business.

    It is essential that a business operate effectively and efficiently and that

    it delivers an economic benefit that allows it to sustain its operation (or

    deliver strength in the long-term). Thus, profitability is a pre-condition

    for an effective CSR system.

    CSR contributes to increasing competitiveness of an organization that is

    already competitive and is now seeking to achieve an enhanced level

    of excellence by becoming the bestof the bestwithin its industry.

    Basic CSR mitigates various risk elements and the operational impact

    that they generate and supports the organizations relationships withits external partners, customers, and governmental authorities.

    Advanced CSR increases the value of organizations by developing the

    human capital of the organization relative to society and integrating

    the business into the local and global communities where it operates.

    Thus, CSR implements the long-term organization strategy and it must

    become a planned aspect of the corporate development program.

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    What is the strategic value of CSR for organizations?

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    EnvironmentalAnalysis

    StrategicPlan

    CustomerExpectations

    InvestorExpectations

    StrategicBenchmarking OperationalPlans

    - Strategic Intent- Core Competence- Process Capability- Product Line- Strategic Alliances- Technology Portfolio

    Organization

    - Strategic Intent- Core Competence- Process Capability- Product Line- Strategic Alliances- Technology Portfolio

    Competitor

    OperationalBenchmarking

    Situational Awareness

    Long-Term Sensemaking

    Short-Term Sensemaking

    The obligation of management is

    to deliver profit in the short-term

    and strength in the long-term. Thisrequires elimination of waste and

    increasing efficiency in the short

    term and building organizational

    competence and capability in the

    long-term.

    Each of these perspectives has a

    different challenge for reducing

    waste and potential for loss in the

    organization.

    Head-to-Head

    Comparison

    Search for Competitive Advantage

    Advantage by positioning,

    technology, or policy

    Waste elimination and

    efficiency improvement.

    Advantage in productive value

    through efficiency, effectiveness,

    or economics.

    What is a natural sequence to expand CSR values? Most organizations that have been in business for some time

    already possess the foundation of a CSR systemthe base is an

    ISO9000 approach to quality management. However, the

    ISO9000 standard does not specify what an organization must

    do to operate it only identifies areas to address in which the

    organization must develop the content of its specific practices.

    Likewise, mature organizations have already implemented their

    safety and product quality methods to reduce risk of injury to

    workers and to increase the probability to make good products

    for their customers. These items represent the core aspectsof a comprehensive risk management system for a business.

    After this base has been developed, then management must

    define what will be their next step to advance performance.

    Developing a mature, value-enhancing CSR system means that

    senior managers must identify topics will increase the value of

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    Corporate Social Responsibility System Architecture:

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    Bra

    ndAwareness

    BrandReputation

    BrandLoyalty

    Basic

    CSR

    Advanced

    CSR

    Level 1: Risk Management

    Level 2: Social Alignment

    Level 3: Corporate Philanthropy

    Level 4: Value Creation

    Social Responsibility Framework

    International and National Laws, Regulations and Guidelines

    Level 1: CSR as Risk Management

    Quality Management System

    Environmental Management System

    Safety Management System

    Occupational Health Management System

    Supplier Management System

    Customer Experience Management System

    Business Risk Management System

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    The initial focus for development of a CSR System must

    be placed upon the tangible quality aspects of product

    and service quality. This first level serves as a foundation

    for CSR and must be designed to fit an organizations

    culture. The second level will roundoutthe basic CSR

    competence by aligning CSR to the locality in which it

    operates.

    Theme: doingwhat is required and doing it well

    Components of the

    Risk Management

    System

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    Establishing a foundation for responsible action:*

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    ISO9000 Quality Management

    ISO3100 Risk Management

    ISO14000 and EMAS - Environmental Management

    OHSAS18001 and ISO45001 Occupational Safety and Health

    ISO/IEC27000 Information Technology Security

    ISO26000 and SA8000 Social Accountability

    * Note that these steps are illustrative and not prescriptive.

    Specifically, they do not imply a recommended sequence

    for implementation of these standard and systems.

    Color Code:

    Third-Party certification is available.

    Third-Party certification is notavailable.

    Note that in most

    Western companies

    the certification need

    is a choice by the top

    management. Most

    organizations focus

    only on achieving

    voluntary standard

    compliance.

    Build core flexibility into the system; not core rigidity!

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    * Leonard-Barton, D. A. (1992), Core Capabilities and Core Rigidities, Strategic Management Journal, 13, pp. 111-125.

    Harvard professor Dorothy A. Leonard has described a circumstancewhereby traditional sources of the core capabilities of a firm (e.g.,technical systems, personnel skills and human competence, andorganizational management systems) create a dysfunctional statethat she calls corerigidity a condition where the organizationsinnovation becomes restricted by a state of inertiathat is inducedby inflexibility in the design of its organizational components.

    To overcome this situation, flexibility must be consciously designedinto the infrastructure of the organizational values and norms thatdefine the CSR system. Such systems invoke essential behavioralcharacteristics of social systems through engagement of motivations

    of individuals thereby persuading people to align their personalenergy and commitment to the organizationsstrategic direction.

    This distinct core CSR capability responds to externalities in flexibleways by linking psychological factors with external dynamics neededfor organizations to response to changing market circumstances inall dimensions: legislative, regulatory, economic, competitive andtechnicalall which can increase risks to the organizationsbusinessmodel.

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    Level 2: CSR as Social Alignment

    Providing benefits to employees that are beyond

    the legally required social benefits.

    Expanding education and training to development

    of community feedersystemsfor key employee

    skills and capabilities that are required for future

    development of the corporation

    Development of community infrastructure thatwill also support targeted objectives for corporate

    development for future infrastructure (e.g., roads,

    IT system access, etc.)

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    The focus for development of the second level in a CSR

    System is upon the integration of social systems that are

    beyond the level that is required by common practice or

    law. This second level completes the basic componentsof a CSR system by aligning it with the locality in which it

    operates.

    Theme: doingmore than what is required

    Components of the

    Social Alignment

    System

    Level 3: CSR as Corporate Philanthropy

    In this level focus of CSR activity shifts to more intangible

    areas of outreach beginning with the building of external

    relationships with organizations that are closeto home.

    Organizations will typically choose a vital few of the

    philanthropic causes to develop innovative relationships

    based on alignment with its strategic intent and future

    direction.

    Local community social outreach and support

    Local charity and social engagement

    CSR enables corporate brand development

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    Components of

    Corporate

    Philanthropy

    Development of a third level CSR System concentrates

    on the generosity in financial donations for the good of

    the local society. This level initiates the outreach efforts

    of an organization by making financial donations to the

    local charities or encouraging employees to participate

    in the projects of these charitable groups. Emphasis is on

    local beneficiaries that contribute to the community.

    Theme: givingback to society from financial benefits

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    Level 4: CSR as Value Creation

    Commitment is directed by the Board of Directors of

    the corporation and is included in strategic planning

    of the organization.

    Development of a global leadership position occurs

    through a formal philanthropic foundation which is a

    participant in the organizations budgeting process

    and acts as a vehicle for concentrating on externaloutreach on a global basis.

    At this level the corporation is an active participant in

    global activities (e.g., World Economic Forum, United

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    The focus for development of the highest level of a CSR

    System is on value creation by leveraging investment to

    differentiate a corporation from its competitors by its

    approach to the pursuit of corporate responsibility. Thiscreates a competitive advantage by building brand value

    through CSR: an action-based commitment to pursue its

    responsibilities in the world for the benefit of humanity.

    Theme: doingwell by doing good

    Components of the

    Value Creation

    System

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    Big QStrategic Quality Little QOperational Quality

    Culture (Company)

    Vision, Mission and Values

    Policy and Philosophy

    Competition (Business Learning)

    Innovation

    Leverage

    Benchmarking

    Change (Renewal)

    Strategic

    Operational

    Cascade (Alignment)

    Improvement Projects

    Objectives and Targets

    Measures

    Communication (Awareness)

    Message

    Media

    Competence (People)

    Individual and team development

    Training/development program

    Capability (Process)

    Daily process management

    Data bases and analytic software

    Compliance (Product)

    Quality management system

    Performance agreements

    Certification (Standardization)

    System certifications/standards

    Functional certifications/standards

    Industry certifications/standards

    Conformity (Learning)

    Business and operational reviews

    Correction (Repair & Improvement)

    Corrective / Preventive Actions

    Business Excellence in Corporate Culture Operations Excellence in Local CultureHow can CSR become embedded into work processes?

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    Key Point: The global system becomes the local system!

    There is a need for diversity in culture as an organization

    expands from its initial national base to become a globalcompetitor.

    However, your international customers anticipate that an

    infrastructure will be consistent across all interactions and

    engagements on a global basis.

    Therefore, your global system devolvesinto a local system!

    This presents a problem in terms of how to align the way

    organizations operate in alignment with the diversity ofcultures at the local level when they conflict with a global

    cultural framework for the corporation!

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    Establish a Common Purpose

    Build Shared Objectives

    Lead the Local Action

    Evaluate Results and Process

    Continual

    Improvement

    Develop an Integrated Plan

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    So, how to develop a universal process of managing? *

    * Hewlett-Packard Corporate Quality, The Process of Management, 1987.

    The Process of Management (POM) is

    distinct from content or work that

    the people manage.

    This process applies PDCA (Plan-Do-

    Check-Act) continual improvement to

    the tasks of management. Content is

    a set of actions and issues that flow

    through this sequence of activities.

    Thus, management has two aspects:one related to content or the what

    that is managed and another related

    to the process by which this content

    is defined, developed, deployed and

    monitored to generate a state of the

    continual improvement for the whole

    organization.

    Adapted from Hewlett-Packard

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    Competitiveness emanates from process and content!

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    Quality is required in both the content of deliverable as well as

    in the delivery process itself.

    The content that is

    delivered to customers.

    The process for delivering content to customers.

    We often use the word qualityto refer to the attributesof aproduct (its content) as well as the methods by which these

    attributes are produced (the process).

    Quality outcomes what is known about quality:

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    Theory of Attractive Quality Noriaki Kanos Mental Model:

    Degree of Performance

    Customer Satisfaction

    High

    High

    Low

    Low

    Indifferent Feeling

    Indifferent

    Function

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    Quality processes discovering and delivering quality:

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    Quality Journey

    What theCustomer

    Wants

    What theCustomer

    is Promised

    What theCustomer

    Gets

    Design Gap Conformity Gap

    Customer

    Entitlement

    Customer

    Expectation The basis

    for Customer

    Perception

    Quality Loss

    Excellence

    Reliability

    by Design

    Quality by

    Management

    CreativeIdeas Implementation

    in Practice

    Quality Design Process Gregory H. Watsons Mental Model:

    Customer Feedback

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    Raw Aptitude

    Skills

    Knowledge

    ABILITY

    Customer Requirements

    CAPACITY

    Resource Limited

    Constraints (Cp)

    CAPABILITYEntropy (dCpk) Actual Achieved (Cpk)

    Targeted Capability (Cpm)

    Continual Improvement Loop

    (+ dCpk)

    Human Competence

    + Experience

    MASTERY

    Experience will

    either increase or

    degrade the

    process capability

    Organizations purchasecapacity!

    Organizations developcompetence!

    Social systems develop capability from inherent ability:

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    What is waste?

    Waste is any activity that adds cost or time, and does not add value or that

    increases risk to employees through hazardous work conditions.

    Japanese quality uses three words to describe waste:

    Muri (): No waste from bad thinkingirrational waste.

    This type of waste arises from poor decision-making.

    Mura ( ): No waste from unbalanced workingflow waste.

    This type of waste arises from poor integration.

    Muda (

    ): No waste in work disciplineprocess waste.

    This type of waste arises from poor operations.

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    Each of these wastes may occur at any level of an organization!

    Waste of all resources represents poor management responsibility!

    How does management create systemic waste? Management decisions are constrained by a bounded level

    of rationalityas all decisions are subject to three issues:

    Ability of the manager to make the decision (competence)

    Integrity of the data to properly describe the observation (the

    cost of bad data is the illusion of knowledgeSteven Hawking).

    Timing urgency or rapidity with which decisions must be made.

    Problematic decisions about mergers and acquisitions, capital

    equipment investments, organization design or restructuring,

    product commercialization, operations expense management,

    or personnel development and promotion can all be classifiedas muri waste (irrational) which may cause the business

    system to flow unevenly (mura waste) and also create the

    various categories of totally useless waste within all the

    operating areas of the organization (mudawaste).

    Thus, management can be a stimulus by which organizations

    create waste in all of its forms!

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    Financial measures distort operational decisions: Management decisions must support setting expectations for

    financial performance to satisfy organizational investors.

    However, distortion in understanding the drivers of operatingperformance occurs when we attempt to convert production

    units into financial units this is because financial values are

    based on an uncontrollable :customerwillingness to payor

    an external reality of market value, rather than the internal

    value that attempts to achieve cost payback and achieve the

    profitability targets of the investors.

    Product pricing is based on estimates of standard costs the

    average cost (therefore a centraltendencyor expected cost

    for production and service delivery) and ignore the variation

    that occurs in the components of cost.

    Distortion also occurs due to a fundamental misunderstanding

    of the concept of quality costs as taught in business schools.

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    Uncommon wisdom about the Quality-Cost trade-off:

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    The CommonWisdomof quality cost: Quality Investments result in diminishing

    returns where further increases in quality are off-set by additional cost of achieving

    this quality performance. After this point an economic trade-off must be made to

    achieve additional quality performance by compromising with higher product cost.

    Defect Rate

    Cost of Control

    Point of DiminishingEconomic Returns

    fromQuality Investments

    Failures Cost

    99% Good = 4s

    Timeline of Improvement and Investment

    The model was created in the 1950s to describe the relationship between quality

    and costs. The failures identified are defects that escape to end customers while

    the costs account for increasing the number of inspectors to sortout defects!

    Where did this model

    originate and how was

    this improvement level

    achieved? Does it still

    hold true in operations

    today?

    What do you think?

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    Weaknesses in standard cost accounting:Standard cost accounting bases price calculations on the average

    costs of work performed to produce a fixed volume of units. This

    standard cost accounting methodology divides cost into two

    categories: fixed and variable costs which are further divided

    into direct and indirect costs. Actual expenses are allocated by a

    system that assigns indirect costs to direct costs (loading costs)

    so that all costs can be absorbed into the financial structure and

    are supportive of the pricing process. When evaluating benefits

    of capital equipment purchased an equipmentutilizationfactor

    is calculated to check the value of parts produced compared to

    the cost to see if the investment is being fullyabsorbedinto the

    pricing. This accounting approach has a distorting influence on

    the outcome as it encourages production of inventory to assurethat the capital payback for an individual asset is optimized, even

    if production of unrequired units occurs and it must be held in

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    How does cost change as muri and mura are reduced?

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    Apply the principles of activity-based costing to understand transaction costs.

    Quality improvement is achieved not by adding inspectors, whose work is not very

    efficient, but by improving the process to eliminate the root cause(s) of poor quality,

    so problems are permanently resolved and work is standardized on best practice so

    that mistakes are not replicated in the next generation of new products.

    Defect Rate

    Process Costs

    Cost of Quality:

    Failure analysisScrapRework100% sortingRe-inspectionRe-testWarranty

    DowngradingAllowancesOvertimeExpeditingInventory

    Cost of Prevention:

    Process controlTraining

    InspectionTestingAudits

    RedesignAutomation

    Failures Cost

    Timeline of Improvement and Investment

    Process costs actually decreaseas quality improves!

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    Remember that costs are an artificial results indicator! Production processes produce units which are assigned value based

    on accounting rules. Value of these goods changes as the market

    perception changes (e.g., depreciation) so that the decision made at

    one point of time to produce goods with a certain value will appear

    to be a bad decision when its market value is diminished in the

    future. While we produce units we value them monetarily.

    Because the value of goods is dependent on market conditions, it is

    necessary for judgments about process costing to be based on the

    lowest total cost of operations (both internal for the company and

    external at suppliers and customers) because estimates of beneficial

    value are subject to market variability and are out of the control of

    internal managers. The public must be willing to pay the price! We

    only produce thingswe assign value to things to get cost. Value is

    what changes as a function of customer perception!

    Thus, no matter how a process is designed, it must be implemented

    with minimal waste in all circumstances! What happens as process

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    How effective and efficient are our improvement tools?

    The most important quality methods for CSR relate to the set of

    strategic quality management practices:

    Hoshin KanriStrategic direction setting and implementation

    Business ExcellenceManagement process self-assessment

    Strategic BenchmarkingDiscovering better ways to work

    Performance MeasurementIntegrated measurement system

    Strategy ManagementSearch and decision-making for change

    Change ManagementDesigning and implementing change

    Business ReviewReviewing operational performance results

    Structural DesignManaging the structure of the organization

    Resource ManagementManaging efficient use of all resources

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    Which quality methods and tools apply to competitive CSR?

    Taking a systems approach to managerial engineering of the business!

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    How will quality develop in the future?Impact of Technology:

    Cloud computing, data mining, and automated control systems will

    drive changes in the way we apply the methods of quality and also

    how we coordinate and collaborate to solve universal problems.

    Impact of Culture:

    Shifting political realities will create a more diverse culture around

    quality where emphasis will be on the science of quality and its

    theoretical basis rather than emulating a particular national culture.

    Impact of Crisis:

    Foreseeable economic and environmental crisis will affect all global

    societies and require collaborative actions on behalf of humanity

    to resolve root causes, rather than the nationalistic, self-centered

    way to deal with such issues as characterizes current approaches.

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    The Challenge: Increase quality (process) in social institutions to assure

    superior quality of life (content) for all people (customers).

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    Thank you! Any questions?