

There are numerous examples of this in the public sector in the United Kingdom (don’t get sick in Blighty!) The consequence of these indicators on the quality of product or service, and the morale of the organisation can be devastating.

Of course, the numbers will be met, usually by falsification or distortion, occasionally by luck, infrequently by action on the process. These ‘indicators’ appeal to the command and control mentality, and inevitably become targets which have to be met, or else. I agree completely with Stan, apart from the fact that the use of these ‘indicators’ in many organisations is far from a joke for the poor buggers who, in many organisations, have to achieve these numbers. That go into the conversion to sigma, or Cpk, or Cpm,… TheĬonversions are only a high level indicator. You do this by using tried antrue stats on the metrics
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