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Kweichow Moutai – World Class Benchmarking

By Become a Better Investor | Jan 30, 2024

Kweichow Moutai Company Limited (600519 SH): Profitable Growth rank of 1 was same compared to the prior period’s 1st rank. This is World Class performance compared to 570 large Cons. Staples companies worldwide.

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GS Holdings – World Class Benchmarking

By Become a Better Investor | Jan 29, 2024

GS Holdings Corporation (078930 KS): Profitable Growth rank of 8 was down compared to the prior period’s 6th rank. This is below average performance compared to 320 large Energy companies worldwide.

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Become a Better Investor Newsletter – 27 January 2024

By Andrew Stotz | Jan 27, 2024

2 x $3trn. Tech at dot-com levels. In the long run, stocks win. Few fund managers expect a hard landing. Fuel shipping costs shoot up.

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Integration and the Taguchi Loss Function: Awaken Your Inner Deming (Part 13)

By Andrew Stotz | Jan 26, 2024

Should we strive to better understand what happens “downstream” to our defect-free work? No matter the setting, if our work meets requirements and we pass it on, are we responsible for how well it integrates into a bigger system? In this episode, Bill Bellows and Andrew Stotz expand on the interaction between variation and systems and why Dr. Deming regarded Genichi Taguchi’s Quality Loss Function as “a better description of the world.”

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8 Benefits of Increasing the Profits of Your Business

By Andrew Stotz | Jan 25, 2024

Isn’t Capitalism Great!? Here are eight key benefits of increasing the profits of your business. And I challenge you to set the goal for 2024 to increase the profits of your business.

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Acer Inc – World Class Benchmarking

By Become a Better Investor | Jan 24, 2024

Acer Incorporated (2353 TT): Profitable Growth rank of 9 was down compared to the prior period’s 8th rank. This is poor performance compared to 660 large Info Tech companies worldwide.

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AVIC Jonhon Optronic Technology – World Class Benchmarking

By Become a Better Investor | Jan 23, 2024

AVIC Jonhon Optronic Technology Company Limited (002179 SZ): Profitable Growth rank of 2 was up compared to the prior period’s 3rd rank. This is World Class performance compared to 660 large Info Tech companies worldwide.

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Oil and Natural Gas Corporation – World Class Benchmarking

By Become a Better Investor | Jan 22, 2024

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC IN): Profitable Growth rank of 6 was down compared to the prior period’s 3rd rank. This is below average performance compared to 350 large Energy companies worldwide.

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Become a Better Investor Newsletter – 20 January 2024

By Andrew Stotz | Jan 20, 2024

Billy G is the biggest. Jamie D says Bitcoin is shit. China ain’t cheap no more. Not enough Chinese babies. This time it’s different in Japan.

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Pitfalls of Slogans and Targets: Deming in Schools Case Study (Part 16)

By Andrew Stotz | Jan 19, 2024

Slogans and exhortations don’t work to motivate people. Targets usually encourage manipulation or cheating. John Dues and Andrew Stotz discuss how these three strategies can hinder improvement, frustrate teachers and students, and even cause nationwide scandals.

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