Research shows that the climate of an organization influences an individual’s contribution far more than the individual himself.
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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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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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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You can not define being exactly on time.
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You should not ask questions without knowledge.
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People don’t like to make mistakes.
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When a system is stable, telling the worker about mistakes is only tampering.
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Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.
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Export anything to a friendly country except American management.
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All customer expectations are only what you and your competitor have led him to expect. He knows nothing else.
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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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Profit in business comes from repeat customers.
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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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The result of long-term relationships is better and better quality, and lower and lower costs.
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Your workers don’t want to be paid less, so to maintain profits, you increase your prices. That’s inflation.
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