In Japan, a company worker’s position is secure. He is retrained for another job if his present job is eliminated by productivity improvement.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGQuality is everyone’s responsibility.
More W. Edwards Deming Quotes
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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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It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.
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Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!
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A bad system will beat a good person every time.
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Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
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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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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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The sure way to increase productivity is to better administrate man and machine.
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No one knows the cost of a defective product – don’t tell me you do.
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You know the cost of replacing it, but not the cost of a dissatisfied 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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Lack of knowledge… that is the problem.
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All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.
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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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Quality is everyone’s responsibility.
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