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Can someone please provide me with a list of companies that are using the following methodolgies to improve their business performance? I also need a list of companies that use a combination of two or more methodologies.
- Taguchi methods
- The Toyota Production System
- Kansei Engineering,
- TQM
- TRIZ
- BPR - Business process reengineering
- ISO 9004:2000
- ISO 15504-4: 2005 -
- QFD - Quality Function Deployment
- Six Sigma
- PDCA - Plan Do Check Act cycle for quality control purposes.
- Quality circle - a group (people oriented) approach to improvement.

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Can someone please provide me with a list of companies that are using the following methodolgies to improve their business performance? I also need a list of companies that use a combination of two or more methodologies.
- Taguchi methods

ITT Industries, Ford Motor Company, Offermatica

http://www.isixsigma.com/library/content/c020311a.asp as retrieved on 29 Jun 2008 09:54:35 GMT.
http://www.dnh.mv.net/ipusers/rm/loss.htm

- The Toyota Production System

Toyota,SWMAS,Thorn Cycles Ltd, Hiflex Fluidtechnik Ltd, Wilson Tool International Ltd

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Production_System as retrieved on 27 Jun 2008 16:10:34 GMT.
http://www.swmas.co.uk/Lean_Tools/Toyota_Production_System.php

- Kansei Engineering,

Mazda motor company, Sony, Honda, Hitachi, Matsushita Electric Works, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, ...

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