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Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.

W. Edwards Deming

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Quality’ means what will sell and do a customer some good – at least try to.
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Customer Good Least Mean Quality Sell Some Try Will
The result of long-term relationships is better and better quality, and lower and lower costs.
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Better Cost Long Lower Quality Relationship Result Term
Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.
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Eliminate Include Management Numerical Objective Quote
Research shows that the climate of an organization influences an individual’s contribution far more than the individual himself.
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Climate Contribution Individual Influence More Organisation Research Show
The sure way to increase productivity is to better administrate man and machine.
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Administrative Better Increase Machine Men Productivity Sure Way
Any manager can do well in an expanding market.
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Any Manager Expand Market Well
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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Ago Five Four Manufacture Over Predict Protection Scream Took World Year
Lack of knowledge… that is the problem.
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Al Knowledge Lack One Liner Problem
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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Anywhere Attitude Foolish Good Knowledge Manage Manager No Prevail Process Production Special
What should be the aim of management? What is their job?
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Aim Job Management Should
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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Bought Disaster Everything Much Nobody Prescription Produce Quality
If you do not know how to ask the right question, you discover nothing.
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Ask Discover Ig Know Not Nothing Question Right You
You should not ask questions without knowledge.
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Ask Knowledge Question Should
Customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.
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Boast Bring Customer Friend Project Service Them
Innovation comes from the producer – not from the customer.
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Come Customer Innovation Producer
American management thinks that they can just copy from Japan. But they don’t know what to copy.
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Copy Country Just Management Think

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