In Deming's view, is/are the chief culprit of poor quality. common causes lack of monitoring assignable causes variation Juran and Deming would argue that it is pointless to exhort a line worker to produce perfection, because: workers are not motivated to improve unless a financial incentive is offered. the overwhelming majority of imperfections are due to poorly designed manufacturing systems. it is the supervisor's responsibility to ensure quality through effective quality management systems that are unsupportive of quality initiatives should be advance. Applicants to the Baldrige Award are required to provide a snapshot of the organization describes the organizational environment, referred to as the: Organizational Profile. Organizational Portfolio. Organizational Tree. Organizational Summary. What is Six Sigma? standard a certification another metric like percentage It is a Quality Philosophy and the way of improving performance by knowing are and where you could be Methodology to measure and improve company's performance, practices and system "Meeting or exceeding customer's expectation". Customer can be? Consumers Internal Customers External Customers All the above is the basis for Deming's plan-do-study-act cycle. Incremental gains Experimentation Stagnation