“A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Data Points”；新德里證實日本承建印度國內首條高鐵

This Week's Podcast:   Lynda Finn, President of Statistical Insight, LLC and Facilitator for The Deming Institute   “A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Data Points”

This week's podcast features the first episode of our "Knowledge In Variation Series" with Lynda Finn, President of Statistical Insight and facilitator of The Deming Institute's 2.5 Day Seminar.  Lynda discusses the importance of moving from spreadsheets to plotting data, and the common mistakes that organizations make if they aren't charting their data.   Lynda's Deming journey began when, shortly out of graduate school, she met Dr. Deming at one of his public seminars.  From that point on she has been helping spread his ideas through her own consulting company and her work with The Deming Institute.   She starts by sharing some of the hardest things for people to grasp about the Deming philosophy.  Though it varies, Lynda finds it's most difficult when Deming's ideas don't align with the practices people feel have contributed their success.   The episode centers on why organizations should be plotting their data on charts rather than just using spreadsheets.  She feels that if the number is important enough to have on a table, then it should be important enough to see it in its proper context.   Lynda outlines the mistakes people make if they aren't charting their data, starting with not caring enough to see what the data is telling them. The most important reason for charting data is so that everyone sees the same thing and can come to a common conclusion about what's happening and how to improve.  How can you "see" what the data's telling you if you don't make a picture of it?

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The Deming Podcast Moderator is Tripp Babbitt, Service Design Architect, The 95 Method.

Upcoming Deming Institute Events: Leading with a Systems View 2.5 Day Seminar,           Tipp City, OH, February 9-11, 2016   Deming in Education Two-Day Introductory Workshop,            Seattle, WA, March 11-12, 2016 Deming in Education Four-Day Quality Learning Seminar,            Seattle, WA, July 19-22, 2016   Deming Institute Annual Fall Conference,            Michigan State University, September 30-October 2, 2016 2nd Annual Deming in Education Conference,           Atlanta, GA, Fall 2016 (date to be determined)

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這案子固然很複雜，不過它跟近十餘年，日本科技連JUSE的Deming Award在印度的風行之現象，可能有關連。

新德里證實日本承建印度國內首條高鐵

印度政府證實，日本將承建印度國內首條高速鐵路。這是印度最大的外資投資基建項目之一，總價值達到147億美元。

（德國之聲中文網）本週五，日本首相安倍晉三將開始對印度的訪問。安倍到訪前，印度官方已經對外公佈了這一高鐵項目。此前，中國鐵路機構也曾參與過印度國內高鐵項目的競標。

這條高鐵線路將連接孟買和艾哈邁達巴德（Ahmedab​​ad）。艾哈邁達巴德是印度總理莫迪家鄉古吉拉特邦的首府。日本方面表示，這一項目所需費用的80%都將有日本以貸款的形式承擔，貸款利率低於一個百分點。

路透社引述印度政府圈內人士的話說："這個項目已經定了。"

印度總理辦公室一名工作人員也證實了這一決定。這名工作人員說，還有一些細節需要等安倍首相抵達印度後磋商解決。

他說："屆時我們會公佈一份聲明。"接受采訪的政府人員都拒絕透露姓名。

印度在鐵路建設方面需求巨大

莫迪和安倍為印日兩國打造出緊密的聯繫，兩國間為了應對中國在亞洲地區勢力的擴大而希望在經濟和國防等不同方面擴大聯絡。

按照日方提出的工程方案，連接孟買和艾哈邁達巴德的高鐵線路全長505公里。目前這段線路需要的行車時間長達7、8個小時，高鐵的投入可以將旅途時間縮短2個小時。

今年9月，中國鐵路總公司獲准研究孟買至欽奈（Chennai）高鐵線路的可行性。印度國家安全機構對於中國投資印度電信、鐵路等基礎設施領域心存戒備。但中國鐵路總公司最終還是獲得了研究許可。

法國和西班牙的公司也準備對在印度國內修建高鐵進行研究。

印度政府高級政策顧問帕納加里亞(Arvind Panagariya)領導的一個小組認為，日本"新幹線"從投入使用至今從未發生過事故，所以建議政府採納日本的投資計劃。

印度在鐵路建設方面需求巨大，外國鐵路公司紛紛前來兜售自己的技術，並且希望能搶在對手前面。

不過印度政府還沒有對如何支付工程費用的問題上做出表態。

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日本“新幹線”挺進印度東京也搞“高鐵外交”？

日本媒體報導稱，日本將承建印度第一條高鐵線路。而在地區競爭對手中國向各國大力推銷高鐵項目的情況下，這一舉動尤為引人注目。(08.12.2015)  

• 日期 10.12.2015
• 關鍵詞 洪沙/樂然（路透社）