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Learning is not compulsory… neither is survival.

W. Edwards Deming

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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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Destroy Enterprises Job Meeting People Target Probably Them Upon
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
Quality is pride of workmanship.
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Pride Quality Workmanship
Lack of knowledge… that is the problem.
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Al Knowledge Lack One Liner Problem
The prevailing system of management has crushed fun out of the workplace.
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Crush Fun Management Out Prevail System Workplace
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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Another Country Eliminate Improvement Position Present Productivity Retrain Secure Worker
Export anything to a friendly country except American management.
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Anything Country Except Export Friendly Management
Your workers don’t want to be paid less, so to maintain profits, you increase your prices. That’s inflation.
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Increase Inflation Less Maintain Paid Price Profit Want Worker
When a system is stable, telling the worker about mistakes is only tampering.
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Mistake Only Stable System Tamper Tell When Worker
We are here to make another world.
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Another Here Make We World
Learning is not compulsory… neither is survival.
W. EDWARDS DEMING

Compulsory Learn Neither Survival
The emphasis should be on why we do a job.
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Do Emphasis Job Should We Why
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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Anyway Background Charge Finance Know Man Manufacture Nothing Show
You can not define being exactly on time.
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Can Define Exactly Nit Time You
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
You know the cost of replacing it, but not the cost of a dissatisfied customer.
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Cost Customer Dissatisfied Know replace
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
It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.
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Change Mandatory Necessary Not Survival
The big problems are where people don’t realise they have one in the first place.
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Big Customer First Good One People Place Problem Realise Some Where
Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
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Action Behaviour Rational Reactive Relax Require Theory
Declining productivity and quality means your unit production costs stay high but you don’t have as much to sell.
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Cost Decline High Mean Must Production Quality Sell Until
People don’t like to make mistakes.
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Like Make Mistake People
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
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
In 1945, the world was in a shambles. American companies had no competition.
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Company Competition Country No Shamble Worlld Year
Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!
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Accountable Everybody Hold Ridiculous
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

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