Background
Watson, Gregory Harriss was born on July 16, 1948 in Englewood, New Jersey, United States. Son of Robert John and Anne Faye (Bellotte) Watson.
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Business Systems Engineering: Managing Breakthrough Changes for Productivity and Profit
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A guide to combining two powerful management techniques to transform any business organization into a masterpiece of business efficiency. Lester Dean Thurow, Dean of MIT's Sloan School of Management, recently stated that benchmarking combined with process engineering will be the most important management technique of the 1990s. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Gregory Watson describes how top corporations worldwide have already successfully implemented that powerful cutting-edge technique--which he calls "business systems engineering"--to promote continuous improvement. More importantly, he clearly demonstrates how you can do the same in your organization. Introduces business systems engineering, a dynamic new approach to rethinking and redesigning business processes to achieve dramatic improvements in quality, cost, service, speed, and more Offers clear guidelines for using business systems engineering techniques to make your organization more dynamic, productive, and able to adapt to change in today's global marketplace Incorporates key aspects of TQM, business process improvement, policy deployment, industrial engineering, teamwork, problem solving, and information technology into one holistic system Includes business systems engineering success stories, including those at Compaq, United Services Automobile Association and Motorola, as well as a survey of the effect of systems change across the global automobile industry
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The Benchmarking Workbook: Adapting Best Ptractices for Performance Improvement
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Benchmarking Workbook: Adapting the Best Practices for Performance Improvement
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The Benchmarking Workbook provides an exceptionally practical guide for implementing or augmenting benchmarking procedures as an integral part of change process and quality management. Keeping the requirements of customers foremost, the author explains how to identify benchmark needs and initiate a plan. To assure full participation, he explains how to address an organization’s culture, set goals, and tap into the creativity of participants. The approach, while uniquely simple, is highly effective as is demonstrated through an illuminating case study. The book includes a group of tools that will allow benchmarking techniques to be applied in a variety of organizations.
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Six Sigma For Business Leaders: A Guide To Implementation by Gregory H. Watson Goal/QPC, 2004 (Paperback) Paperback
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Strategic Benchmarking: How to Rate Your Company's Performance against the World's Best
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Describes the best methods to use inter-business cooperation to improve strategic planning and thereby increase competitiveness. All types of benchmarking are examined including process, strategic and global. Features actual case studies of benchmarking applications from Hewlett Packard, Ford, General Motors and Xerox.
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Six Sigma For Business Leaders: A Guide To Implementation
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An easy-read summary of the best practices associated with the Six Sigma approach; as Greg Watson puts them into a context for senior management to use as a guideline for implementing Six Sigma in their companies. It is intended to support leadership teams as they design their Six Sigma initiative and manage the execution of Six Sigma through aligning it with their business strategy. This book supports executive- and champion-level Six Sigma training for business leaders and process owners. This practical text, answers fifty questions that an organization must address to initiate, develop, and sustain a successful Six Sigma deployment. Some sample chapter titles are: - What does an executive sponsor do? - How can Six Sigma improve financial value? - Why is a formal project charter important? - What is the DMAIC problem-solving process? - How does the Improve step of DMAIC work? Winner of the ASQ - Philip B. Crosy Medal. Author and Philosopher of the Global Quality Community A unique feature of the book is that it provides answers to fifty of the most frequently asked questions from managers about the implementation and management of Six Sigma programs. These questions are derived from the experiences I encountered as a consultant to over twenty-five Six Sigma program deployments in a variety of organizations.
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Strategic Benchmarking Reloaded with Six Sigma: Improving Your Company's Performance Using Global Best Practice
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A new update of the classic text on benchmarking Strategic Benchmarking Reloaded with Six Sigma updates benchmarking, the revolutionary business performance methodology, by adding statistical concepts from Six Sigma. These two methodologies combine to form a powerful platform for improving any company's overall performance. This new revision reviews the first twenty-five years of development in benchmarking and features new appendices, case studies, and topics, making this the most complete and comprehensive coverage of the subject available. Topics include: Stimulating business improvement with benchmarking Linking Six Sigma to strategic planning and benchmarking Understanding the essence of process benchmarking Making statistical comparisons in benchmarking Applying benchmarking results for maximum utility Reviewing lessons learned from old case studies Conducting a strategic benchmarking study Performing an operational benchmarking study Mainstreaming benchmarking into strategic planning Creating a sustainable benchmarking capability Plus: appendices covering the benchmarking code of conduct, operating procedures, and Web resources
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Six SIGMA for Business Leaders: A Guide to Implementation Watson, Gregory H. ( Author ) { Paperback } 2004
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Strategic Benchmarking Reloaded with Six Sigma: Improving Your Company's Performance Using Global Best Practice by Watson, Gregory H. (2007) Hardcover
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(Strategic Benchmarking Reloaded with Six Sigma: Improving Your Company's Performance Using Global Best Practice ) Author: Gregory H. Watson May-2007
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Gregory Harriss Watson
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Bachelor cum laude, Taylor University, 1970. Master of Science, University South California, Los Angeles, 1975. Master of Arts, Antioch School Law, Washington, 1985.
Master of Science, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, 2003.
Career
With American Society Quality, 1991, reliability engineer, 2007, president, 2000—2001. Project management professional Project Management Institute, 2008. Engineering manager Institute Industrial Engineers, 2008.
Lieutenant Commander United States Navy, Washington, 1971—1983. Manager quality leadership development Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, California, 1983—1989. Director quality Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston, 1989—1991.
Vice president Benchmarking, American Productivity & Quality Center, 1991—1992. Vice president quality Xerox Corporation, Rochester, New York, 1992—1994. Chairman Business Excellence Solutions, Ltd., Espoo, Finland, since 1994.
President International Academy Quality, 2009—2011. Adjunct professor industrial engineering Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, since 2003.
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Strategic Benchmarking Reloaded with Six Sigma: Improving Your Company's Performance Using Global Best Practice
(A new update of the classic text on benchmarking Strategi...)
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Six Sigma For Business Leaders: A Guide To Implementation
(An easy-read summary of the best practices associated wit...)
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Benchmarking Workbook: Adapting the Best Practices for Performance Improvement
(The Benchmarking Workbook provides an exceptionally pract...)
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Business Systems Engineering: Managing Breakthrough Changes for Productivity and Profit
(A guide to combining two powerful management techniques t...)
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Strategic Benchmarking: How to Rate Your Company's Performance against the World's Best
(Describes the best methods to use inter-business cooperat...)
- Six SIGMA for Business Leaders: A Guide to Implementation Watson, Gregory H. ( Author ) { Paperback } 2004
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Six Sigma For Business Leaders: A Guide To Implementation by Gregory H. Watson Goal/QPC, 2004 (Paperback) Paperback
(Six Sigma For Business Leaders: A Guide To Implementation...)
- The Benchmarking Workbook (1994 First Edition) (Adapting Best Practices for Performance Improvement)
- The Benchmarking Workbook: Adapting Best Ptractices for Performance Improvement
- Strategic Benchmarking Reloaded with Six Sigma: Improving Your Company's Performance Using Global Best Practice by Watson, Gregory H. (2007) Hardcover
- (Strategic Benchmarking Reloaded with Six Sigma: Improving Your Company's Performance Using Global Best Practice ) Author: Gregory H. Watson May-2007
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Strategic Benchmarking Reloaded with Six Sigma: Improving Your Company's Performance Using Global Best Practice
Membership
Fellow: Institute Industrial Engineers, World Academy Productivity Science, Australian Organization Quality, American Society Quality. Member: ASA (life), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior ), Royal Statis Society, American Society Engineering Education, Azerbaijan Quality Association (honorary), Singapore Quality Institute (honorary), Asia Pacific Quality Organization (life), Russian Organization Quality (honorary), Argentine Institute Quality and Excellence (honorary), Professional Association, International Academy Quality, American Society Quality, Professional Association, Naval Institute, International Statistical Institute, Russian Benchmaking Club (honorary), Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Pi Mu, Tau Beta Phi, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Cynthia Sue Sandberg, June 6, 1971 (divorced 1983). Children: Andrew Daniel, Dina Belfer, Cristina Daniela Juola. Married Inessa Alexandra Belfer, June 14, 2003.
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Recipient Academic Research prize, Yoshio Kondo, 2009, W. Edwards Deming Distinguished Service medal, Union Japanese Scientists & Engineers, 2009, C. Jackson Grayson medal, American Productivity & Quality Center, 2010, Gold medal, Finnish Society for Quality, 2010, Ivan Illyin Medal, Russian Org for Quality, 2010, Distinguished Service medal, American Society Quality, 2011, Founders medal, International Academy Quality, 2011.Recipient Academic Research prize, Yoshio Kondo, 2009, W. Edwards Deming Distinguished Service medal, Union Japanese Scientists & Engineers, 2009, C. Jackson Grayson medal, American Productivity & Quality Center, 2010, Gold medal, Finnish Society for Quality, 2010, Ivan Illyin Medal, Russian Org for Quality, 2010, Distinguished Service medal, American Society Quality, 2011, Founders medal, International Academy Quality, 2011.