You know the cost of replacing it, but not the cost of a dissatisfied customer.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGProfit in business comes from repeat customers.
More W. Edwards Deming Quotes
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People with targets and jobs dependent upon meeting them will probably meet the targets – even if they have to destroy the enterprise to do it.
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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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The result of long-term relationships is better and better quality, and lower and lower costs.
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A bad system will beat a good person every time.
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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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It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.
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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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Declining productivity and quality means your unit production costs stay high but you don’t have as much to sell.
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I am forever learning and changing.
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Quality is pride of workmanship.
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Quality’ means what will sell and do a customer some good – at least try to.
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You can not define being exactly on time.
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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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Customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.
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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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