为中国的质量革命做好准备

美国派顿出版社总编（目前《质量文摘》由该出版社出版）、前《质量文摘》总编派顿先生2005年11月16日访问了上海质量管理科学研究院。在访问期间．派顿先生为《质量文摘》撰写了专栏文章，下面我们将主要内容译成中文。     

The economic law of population distribution and migration

"The economic law of population distribution and migration has been studied chiefly based on the Chinese situation. The distribution and development of productive forces decide the distribution and migration of population, and in turn, the latter influences the former. The population distributions in three different stages of social development, namely agricultural, industrial and information society, are described. A new concept in population economics is introduced, i.e. population economic density, which is different from the concept of population density. The formula of population economic density is P(population)/R(resources). Many kinds of migration are analysed, and it is believed that the main efficient cause of migration is economy."     

Economic humidity control: an alternative to reheat

Heat pipe technology will have a significant impact on the power consumption of many manufacturing industries, the installation costs of new or replacement air conditioning systems, and on electric utility peak demands.     

Are you a strategist or just a manager?

Perhaps the greatest strategist of all time was not a business executive but a general. Helmuth von Moltke, chief of the Prussian and German general staffs from 1858 to 1888, issued "directives" to his officers rather than specific commands. These guidelines for autonomous decision making encouraged Moltke's subordinates to show individual initiative. In this article, Hans Hinterhuber and Wolfgang Popp translate Moltke's example into business terms. According to Moltke, strategy is applied common sense and cannot be taught. The authors suggest that good entrepreneurs and managers--along with generals--are born with the qualities that make them successful. But even if managers have the potential to be good strategists, they must develop and hone their natural talents. And CEOs and top management can help by identifying and promoting such talents in their employees. Hinterhuber and Popp have created a questionnaire that helps measure strategic management competence. Managers and entrepreneurs take this test themselves, answering ten questions such as, "Do I have an entrepreneurial vision?", "Do I have a corporate philosophy?", and "Do I have competitive advantages?" Using the questionnaire, company management can evaluate managers being considered for a promotion. At the same time, those who take the test can use it to determine their own performance as strategists. Strategic managers provide subordinates with general guidelines, just as Helmuth von Moltke issued directives to his officers. And outstanding entrepreneurs create a corporate culture in which their vision, philosophy, and business strategies are implemented by employees who think independently.     

保持党员先进性要从自身做起

党员的先进性,需要结合时代的发展和社会的进步,联系当前改革开放和中国特色社会主义事业的新形势,联系加强党的执政能力建设和全面推进党的建设新的伟大工程的新要求,深入研究其利学内涵、时代特征、衡量标准和要求。本文加强每个党员对共产党员先进性的理解、保持先进性要从增强党员意识和做起共产党员要作表率作用等三个方面进行党员先进性的研究。     

“企业惯例”:把无形的文化变得触手可及

对商业人士来说,从企业惯例中得到的主要益处就是它是有形的。在一定环境下,它们可以灵活地和其它重要的因素,如思维模式、不同的期望值共同起作用     

富士通:完全解决客户的问题

如今,消费者和供应方所面对的挑战,就是要找出更好的办法,来纠正实际使用过程中确实出现的问题,如缺陷产品(这些产品往往是由不同的组织各自设计的)、损坏或不相匹配等。所幸的是,精益方法能够使我们稳步迈向极少出问题的精益消费过程。其中关键的做法是,把对每一个“消费问题”的智能型反馈收集起来。这将使现有问题得到迅速而彻底的纠正,同时避免同类问题今后再度发生。真实的企业面对真实的客户真的能实施这样的智能型反馈吗?在研究中我们高兴地发现,欧洲最大的IT支持服务供应方之一的富士通服务公司(FujitsuServices),已经令人信服地…     

功能状态方法———设计产品和降低成本的一种有效方法

本文阐述了一种功能矩囝方法，这种功能状态模型特别适用于对新产品包括正在构思阶段的产品的设计和价格计算。这种矩阵提供了一个通用的参考基准，使得大量的信息以简洁的形式记录下来，形成产品设计和对比的一个极好的方法，它也是一种行之有效的交流信息的工具     

实验设计的新前沿

产品和过程开发是业务长期生存的基础，生存和成功的关键是培养创新和减少产品上市时间，同时使产品到达最佳性能。