Steve Moore

Retired Quality Director

After 47 years, Steve Moore is retired from the pulp and paper industry. He is a graduate of North Carolina State University with a pulp and paper degree, and holds a master's degree from the Institute of Paper Chemistry in Appleton, Wisconsin. He has held various research and development, technical, engineering, and manufacturing positions in the paper industry. He has been a student, teacher, and practitioner of statistical methods applied to real-world processes for the past 35 years.

Tue, 01/26/2010 - 07:05
Deming’s Famous Red Bead Experiment With A TwistImprove the system, distort the system, or distort the data
Tue, 04/13/2010 - 08:14
I n 1991, I had the privilege of attending one of W. Edwards Deming’s four-day seminars and I still proudly display the certificate of completion in my office. One of the highlights of the seminar, of course, was Deming’s famous red bead…
It Is Time To Get Rid Of Action LimitsAction limits cause you to tamper with a process and make it worse.
Mon, 03/08/2010 - 05:00
The following words of an anonymous poet as he (or she) immortalized the lessons from Deming’s funnel experiment. “Tamper, tamper is the game, try to make all the same. Squeak and tweak it every day, off we go to the Milky Way.”  —…
The Quincunx as an Educational ToolSir Francis Galton’s invention can do more than just demonstrate normal distribution.
Tue, 01/26/2010 - 07:05
The purpose of this article is to give you an appreciation of the Quincunx as an educational tool for teaching some of the theory behind the tools and concepts of so-called modern quality management. The Quincunx is often seen in the possession of…