All customer expectations are only what you and your competitor have led him to expect. He knows nothing else.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGCustomer expectations? Nonsense. No customer ever asked for the electric light, the pneumatic tire, the VCR, or the CD.
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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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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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What should be the aim of management? What is their job?
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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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Innovation comes from the producer – not from the customer.
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Export anything to a friendly country except American management.
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So nobody really thought much about quality. Why should they? The world bought everything America produced. It was a prescription for disaster.
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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 don’t like to make mistakes.
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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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Lack of knowledge… that is the problem.
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Any manager can do well in an expanding market.
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You can not define being exactly on time.
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You should not ask questions without knowledge.
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