Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGThe prevailing – and foolish – attitude is that a good manager can be a good manager anywhere, with no special knowledge of the production process he’s managing.
More W. Edwards Deming Quotes
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You can not define being exactly on time.
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Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!
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Customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.
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A man with a financial background may know nothing about manufacturing shoes or cars, but he’s put in charge anyway.
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Export anything to a friendly country except American management.
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The sure way to increase productivity is to better administrate man and machine.
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I predicted in 1950 that in five years, manufacturers the world over would be screaming for protection. It took only four years.
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All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.
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The emphasis should be on why we do a job.
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The prevailing – and foolish – attitude is that a good manager can be a good manager anywhere, with no special knowledge of the production process he’s managing.
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If you don’t understand how to run an efficient operation, new machinery will just give you new problems of operation and maintenance.
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The average American worker has fifty interruptions a day, of which seventy percent have nothing to do with work.
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You should not ask questions without knowledge.
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My mother was my biggest role model. She taught me to hate waste. We never wasted anything.
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Your workers don’t want to be paid less, so to maintain profits, you increase your prices. That’s inflation.
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