On before and after launch, and the six-sigma of Bill Smith. (With a philosophical and arithmetical digression in the PDF notes.)

 

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Details: enjoy the revolution; the six-sigma of Bill Smith; defects; measurements and experiences; six-sigma literature is mostly garbage; any dissatisfaction, any `customer'; revolution is before production; Darwin's territory; precision, tolerance, and simplicity; a defect at Retraice, Inc.; checklists; don't be a wantrepreneur. ALSO MENTIONED: Apple, Google, Samsung, Tesla, Toyota, Youtube.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/ma8

Air date: Wednesday, 28th Oct. 2020, 5 : 30 PM Pacific/US.

 

Chapters: 

00:00 enjoy the revolution;

00:43 the six-sigma of Bill Smith;

03:06 defects;

05:49 measurements and experiences;

06:27 six-sigma literature is mostly garbage;

07:52 any dissatisfaction, any `customer';

09:25 revolution is before production;

12:00 Darwin's territory;

13:04 precision, tolerance, and simplicity;

15:59 a defect at Retraice, Inc.;

19:58 checklists;

22:24 don't be a wantrepreneur.

 

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   Gawande, A. (2011). Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance. Henry Holt and Co., Kindle ed. ISBN: 978-0805082111. Searches:
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   Gouvêa, F. Q. (2008). From numbers to number systems. (pp. 77–83). In Gowers (2008).

 

   Gowers, T. (Ed.) (2008). The Princeton Companion to Mathematics. Princeton University Press. ISBN: 978-0691118802. Searches:
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   Lo Bello, A. (2013). Origins of Mathematical Words: A Comprehensive Dictionary of Latin, Greek, and Arabic Roots. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN: 978-1421410982. Searches:
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   Peterson (2001/10/23). Rate vs. ratio. mathforum.org. Author name given only as ‘Doctor Peterson’; we were unable to find a first name.
http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/58042.html Retrieved 30th Oct. 2020.

 

   Quigley, C. (1961). The Evolution of Civilizations. Macmillan (reprinted by Liberty Fund 1979). ISBN: 0913966576. Searches:
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   Russell, B. (1938). The Principles of Mathematics. W. W. Norton & Company, 2nd ed. ISBN: 0393314049. First published in 1903, 2nd ed. with new introduction 1938. Citations are from 1996 reprint. Searches:
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   Schwartzman, S. (1994). The Words of Mathematics: An Etymological Dictionary of Mathematical Terms Used in English. The Mathematical Association of America. ISBN: 0883855119. Searches:
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   Smith, B. (1993a). Six-sigma design. IEEE Spectrum, 30(9), 43–47. September 1993.
https://www.scribd.com/document/419712315/Six-sigma-Design-Quality-Control Retrieved ca. 1st Feb. 2020.

 

   Smith, B. (1993b). Total customer satisfaction as a business strategy. Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 9(1), 49–53.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/qre.4680090109 Retrieved ca. 1st Feb. 2020.

 

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