Research shows that the climate of an organization influences an individual’s contribution far more than the individual himself.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGQuality’ means what will sell and do a customer some good – at least try to.
More W. Edwards Deming Quotes
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Lack of knowledge… that is the problem.
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The big problems are where people don’t realise they have one in the first place.
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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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Quality is the responsibility of the top people. Its origin is in the boardroom. They are the ones who decide.
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The sure way to increase productivity is to better administrate man and machine.
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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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You know the cost of replacing it, but not the cost of a dissatisfied customer.
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Any manager can do well in an expanding market.
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It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.
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The emphasis should be on why we do a job.
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People don’t like to make mistakes.
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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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Learning is not compulsory… neither is survival.
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If you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing.
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