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.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGYou know the cost of replacing it, but not the cost of a dissatisfied customer.
More W. Edwards Deming Quotes
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I am forever learning and changing.
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Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
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The prevailing system of management has crushed fun out of the workplace.
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What should be the aim of management? What is their job?
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We are here to make another world.
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Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.
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Innovation comes from the producer – not from the customer.
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Lack of knowledge… that is the problem.
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The big problems are where people don’t realise they have one in the first place.
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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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It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and then do your best.
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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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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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Research shows that the climate of an organization influences an individual’s contribution far more than the individual himself.
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In 1945, the world was in a shambles. American companies had no competition.
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