So nobody really thought much about quality. Why should they? The world bought everything America produced. It was a prescription for disaster.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGAll customer expectations are only what you and your competitor have led him to expect. He knows nothing else.
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Research shows that the climate of an organization influences an individual’s contribution far more than the individual himself.
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Export anything to a friendly country except American management.
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In Japan, a company worker’s position is secure. He is retrained for another job if his present job is eliminated by productivity improvement.
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The sure way to increase productivity is to better administrate man and machine.
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Profit in business comes from repeat customers.
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Quality’ means what will sell and do a customer some good – at least try to.
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It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and then do your best.
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Innovation comes from the producer – not from the customer.
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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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Customer expectations? Nonsense. No customer ever asked for the electric light, the pneumatic tire, the VCR, or the CD.
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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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All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.
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Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!
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You can not define being exactly on time.
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In 1945, the world was in a shambles. American companies had no competition.
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