Instant Pudding

Instant Pudding - A term used to illustrate an obstacle to achieving quality or the supposition that quality and productivity improvement are achieved quickly through an affirmation of faith rather than through sufficient effort and education. W. Edwards Deming used this term, which was coined by James Bakken of Ford Motor Co., in his book Out of the Crisis.

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Source: American Society for Quality, 28 September 2010 09:32:01, http://www.asq.org/glossary/

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Instant Pudding - A term used to illustrate an obstacle to achieving quality or the supposition that quality and productivity improvement are achieved quickly through an affirmation of faith rather than through sufficient effort and education. W. Edwards Deming used this term, which was initially coined by James Bakken of Ford Motor Co., in his book Out of the Crisis.

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Source: iSixSigma, 27 January 2011 10:38:09, https:web.archive.org/web/20111109014246/http:www.isixsigma.com/index.php?option=com_glossary