This account links the future of Jamaica is in direct proportion to her quality commitments. Indicators are pointing this way. The following prospectus outlays this rationale through the following quality principles:
Higher quality valued inputs lead to greater economic outputs. Quality, value, and demand are interlinked. Where, Jamaica’s total commitment to quality; Total Quality would deliver the highest value; prime value. This dividend drives performance, production, and prosperity at the highest level.
This is further substantiated in the following passage:
Today, Jamaica is still ill-at-ease with herself. Necessity beckons Jamaica for significant improvements in areas of education, law enforcement, employment, housing, healthcare, infrastructure; ecological conservation… this list grows. The Jamaican national debt remains ballooned. The Jamaican dollar remains at an all-time low; worth less than 1 cent against the U.S. dollar. Public confidence is low; frustration is increasingly getting higher as expectations are infrequently met. Concerns and complaints spill-out and perpetuate themselves due to the insufficient clock-speed at which needed improvements are tackled.
Overcoming all these challenges might be considered monumental or can a practical remedy be achieved, by a simultaneous and continuous focus on quality process improvements in all sectors at once?
Already outlined are some of Jamaica’s ills. These afflictions are presently affecting Jamaica's productive performance. To rectify Jamaica’s shortfalls, we need to ask, what undermines this performance? What characteristic is peculiar to Jamaica’s underperformance?
To address this question, it becomes cognizant that underperformance is a deficiency of a better standard. And, our standards of choice become our consenting models; models we may agree to, or for which we willing to settle on. With variety though, there are many standards by which to choose from and to be guided by, except our standards of choice are not fulfilling Jamaica’s complete needs.
- When ~ any significant attention is given to quality - this promotes increased value, forcing an influx of demands, tendering higher dividends, yields, and premium opportunities.
- When ~ a timeline to execute predictable performance is needed; Lean Quality Process Control techniques, streamline and scurry, service and industry; education, health care, and other government sectors into being more efficient and effective.
- When ~ responding to meaningful and transitional systemic changes; widespread quality, infused on a national scale contends with all deficits to achieve quantum results.
- When ~ the pace of global interaction demands versatile international lines of integration—internal quality chains and quality circles promote and win external mandates.
- When ~ the portal to a sustainable-available future is needed—this becomes relevant to the quality blueprint being utilized.
- When ~ aspiring to higher principles or standards of construction, any compliance of quality towards Total Quality is an avenue for superior national architecture.
Higher quality valued inputs lead to greater economic outputs. Quality, value, and demand are interlinked. Where, Jamaica’s total commitment to quality; Total Quality would deliver the highest value; prime value. This dividend drives performance, production, and prosperity at the highest level.
Today, Jamaica is still ill-at-ease with herself. Necessity beckons Jamaica for significant improvements in areas of education, law enforcement, employment, housing, healthcare, infrastructure; ecological conservation… this list grows. The Jamaican national debt remains ballooned. The Jamaican dollar remains at an all-time low; worth less than 1 cent against the U.S. dollar. Public confidence is low; frustration is increasingly getting higher as expectations are infrequently met. Concerns and complaints spill-out and perpetuate themselves due to the insufficient clock-speed at which needed improvements are tackled.
Overcoming all these challenges might be considered monumental or can a practical remedy be achieved, by a simultaneous and continuous focus on quality process improvements in all sectors at once?
To address this question, it becomes cognizant that underperformance is a deficiency of a better standard. And, our standards of choice become our consenting models; models we may agree to, or for which we willing to settle on. With variety though, there are many standards by which to choose from and to be guided by, except our standards of choice are not fulfilling Jamaica’s complete needs.
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| Our standards are attainment levels in quality. Low standards = low attainability. |
Standards are attainment levels in quality. Higher standards are the drivers for elevated productivity and prosperity. The inset of any new quality metric into our present standards becomes an avenue of added-value to soup-up or boost productivity output. This might seem basic and trite. Inevitably though, Jamaica's shortfalls/losses speak for themselves, there is a need for better standards that will make the system work better.
New world ways require a departure from old-world ways. Obsolete standards have no place 'in-principle' and 'in-practice.' Enhancing standards bring Jamaica into the conformity of an ideal model; a model that reduces the loopholes in the system.
Our exact contemplation must then distinguish what is acceptable and what is not. Allowing relaxed acceptance standards leads to inasmuch, and largely more, loosened physical and social standards. Values can easily become compromised and, unavoidably tend to falter or collapse in a reduced atmosphere. With the onset of any lower quality standard, there is a susceptibility to being comparatively disadvantaged, handicapped, before beginning to compete at the more stringent world-class specifications where higher fidelity, tighter scrutiny, and conformity to superior standards are more commonplace.
Here lays the gridlock; our ability to truly understand and appreciate the far more reaching advantages of value-added quality arrangements. This would give us the aptitude to increase our well-being, in turn, assimilate Jamaica in a par excellence environment; one of worldly refinement, cooperation, and know-how.
For now, we still have to evolve and emerge in a quality progressive society to learn - what really is quality? What does quality truly mean to us? How does society truly benefit from enhanced quality metrics and standards?
Coming from different socioeconomic groups, our individualistic views on quality are already inherent and diverse from a farmer’s standpoint to an artist, to a doctor; we have different educational and occupational levels that require unique quality proficiency, and there about we tend to engage quality thinking from these standpoints as norms.
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| Our standards are attainment levels in quality. Up the standards for wider improvements. |
New world ways require a departure from old-world ways. Obsolete standards have no place 'in-principle' and 'in-practice.' Enhancing standards bring Jamaica into the conformity of an ideal model; a model that reduces the loopholes in the system.
Our exact contemplation must then distinguish what is acceptable and what is not. Allowing relaxed acceptance standards leads to inasmuch, and largely more, loosened physical and social standards. Values can easily become compromised and, unavoidably tend to falter or collapse in a reduced atmosphere. With the onset of any lower quality standard, there is a susceptibility to being comparatively disadvantaged, handicapped, before beginning to compete at the more stringent world-class specifications where higher fidelity, tighter scrutiny, and conformity to superior standards are more commonplace.
Here lays the gridlock; our ability to truly understand and appreciate the far more reaching advantages of value-added quality arrangements. This would give us the aptitude to increase our well-being, in turn, assimilate Jamaica in a par excellence environment; one of worldly refinement, cooperation, and know-how.
For now, we still have to evolve and emerge in a quality progressive society to learn - what really is quality? What does quality truly mean to us? How does society truly benefit from enhanced quality metrics and standards?
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| We see "quality" differently. |
At this point, quality means different things to us all. Subjectively, my quality choice might not be yours; we have individualistic views of quality that allows us to see our results and believe these to be best. Imposing is our many individual benchmarks for quality and quality acceptance. More often, our internal automatic quality settings become programmed defaults which limit us to a lesser existence.
Some of our quality acceptance levels are high; others low. Not budging from a self-imposed shorter measure of quality, creates ingrained calibrated disadvantages, where the offsets from the lack of quality; poor quality seeps in and inflicts structured faults. The cumulative effect of these faults can bring on failures and potential breakdowns in society. The result could be the potential demise of our entire structured society.
At the onset, so varied is our consensus on the quality that it may present many drawbacks. Dependent on who is driving this quality, we could potentially limit our national ideals to a sub-standard level. More so, by not pursuing quality past the national level to an improved strategic level, we may well surrender our intentions to be a world-class quality contender.
Established thus far, to scale-up from our present norm; we need to press on with a greater intent; a reformation in quality and excellence, except that it appears, we will more likely be hindered with our consensus on quality from the get-go.
In the past, many have made significant strides to improve the Jamaican quality of life and standard of living, but so far, these efforts have had only sporadic results; limited to intermittent improvements in patchy (compartmentalized) sectors of the Jamaican society. While some of these efforts can be deemed as good or great intentions, they are inadequate attempts to conform to Jamaica, in full, to an affluent world standard. Our predicaments tell the truth; we are still in arrears. The science in quality now gives us all the equal opportunity to transcend past our best expectations to a prominent social and economic status.
History reveals this testament, a quick synopsis in quality progressive achievements; from the Stone Age; to the Renaissance; to the Industrial Revolution to man’s quest into space; the Space Age was the result of progressive quality commitments, as these standards are attainment levels in quality.
Retracing these eras to their infancy, one can see that these distinctive times were not originally considered quality undertakings, but rather, significant events to do better, to improve, and to achieve more. Incrementally, in-time man’s attention to details, collectively-compounded, and the science behind quality emerged. And so, higher degrees of quality metrics precipitated greater rippling effects in improving the state of mankind.
In many cases, a new upgraded quality model will easily satisfy our local customer's needs. However, on a global level, a new product requires a higher degree of quality sophistication to meet all the world's diverse satisfaction levels. As an example, in the case study of Japan at the departure of WWII; the Japanese economy was devastated and the world avoided her products. Within a crisis of necessity, Japan realized that surpassing the rest of the world's criteria in quality acceptance and compliance was a strategic move of utmost importance - as the highest quality product and service usually covers the highest economic value.
Japanese acknowledged a statistician and a stalwart of quality principles Dr. W. Edwards Deming (an American largely ignored in his own country) for the way forward. Dr. Deming calculated with a rapid focus on quality, Japan’s economic recovery would take only five years. The Japanese against considerable odds made this economic recovery in four years. In rapid succession, directly focusing simultaneously and continuously on improving quality products and services in all sectors, Japan had exponentially paved the way for greater intermediate and future economic successes. As they say, the rest becomes history.
All the Best!
Some of our quality acceptance levels are high; others low. Not budging from a self-imposed shorter measure of quality, creates ingrained calibrated disadvantages, where the offsets from the lack of quality; poor quality seeps in and inflicts structured faults. The cumulative effect of these faults can bring on failures and potential breakdowns in society. The result could be the potential demise of our entire structured society.
At the onset, so varied is our consensus on the quality that it may present many drawbacks. Dependent on who is driving this quality, we could potentially limit our national ideals to a sub-standard level. More so, by not pursuing quality past the national level to an improved strategic level, we may well surrender our intentions to be a world-class quality contender.
Established thus far, to scale-up from our present norm; we need to press on with a greater intent; a reformation in quality and excellence, except that it appears, we will more likely be hindered with our consensus on quality from the get-go.
In the past, many have made significant strides to improve the Jamaican quality of life and standard of living, but so far, these efforts have had only sporadic results; limited to intermittent improvements in patchy (compartmentalized) sectors of the Jamaican society. While some of these efforts can be deemed as good or great intentions, they are inadequate attempts to conform to Jamaica, in full, to an affluent world standard. Our predicaments tell the truth; we are still in arrears. The science in quality now gives us all the equal opportunity to transcend past our best expectations to a prominent social and economic status.
History reveals this testament, a quick synopsis in quality progressive achievements; from the Stone Age; to the Renaissance; to the Industrial Revolution to man’s quest into space; the Space Age was the result of progressive quality commitments, as these standards are attainment levels in quality.
Retracing these eras to their infancy, one can see that these distinctive times were not originally considered quality undertakings, but rather, significant events to do better, to improve, and to achieve more. Incrementally, in-time man’s attention to details, collectively-compounded, and the science behind quality emerged. And so, higher degrees of quality metrics precipitated greater rippling effects in improving the state of mankind.
In many cases, a new upgraded quality model will easily satisfy our local customer's needs. However, on a global level, a new product requires a higher degree of quality sophistication to meet all the world's diverse satisfaction levels. As an example, in the case study of Japan at the departure of WWII; the Japanese economy was devastated and the world avoided her products. Within a crisis of necessity, Japan realized that surpassing the rest of the world's criteria in quality acceptance and compliance was a strategic move of utmost importance - as the highest quality product and service usually covers the highest economic value.Japanese acknowledged a statistician and a stalwart of quality principles Dr. W. Edwards Deming (an American largely ignored in his own country) for the way forward. Dr. Deming calculated with a rapid focus on quality, Japan’s economic recovery would take only five years. The Japanese against considerable odds made this economic recovery in four years. In rapid succession, directly focusing simultaneously and continuously on improving quality products and services in all sectors, Japan had exponentially paved the way for greater intermediate and future economic successes. As they say, the rest becomes history.
~ @ a 21st Century Vision.
© It's time... Jamaica!
AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL | Where is Jamaica's commitment to Total Quality?
Revised: 1/26/2017.
© It's time... Jamaica!
AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL | Where is Jamaica's commitment to Total Quality?
Revised: 1/26/2017.
