A man with a financial background may know nothing about manufacturing shoes or cars, but he’s put in charge anyway.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGWhat should be the aim of management? What is their job?
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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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If you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGIf you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing.
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Innovation comes from the producer – not from the customer.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGInnovation comes from the producer – not from the customer.
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Lack of knowledge… that is the problem.
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You know the cost of replacing it, but not the cost of a dissatisfied customer.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGYou know the cost of replacing it, but not the cost of a dissatisfied customer.
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Quality is pride of workmanship.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGQuality is pride of workmanship.
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People don’t like to make mistakes.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGPeople don’t like to make mistakes.
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Customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGCustomers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.
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Any manager can do well in an expanding market.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGAny manager can do well in an expanding market.
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A bad system will beat a good person every time.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGA bad system will beat a good person every time.
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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.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGPeople 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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The prevailing system of management has crushed fun out of the workplace.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGThe 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?
W. EDWARDS DEMINGWhat should be the aim of management? What is their job?
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No one knows the cost of a defective product – don’t tell me you do.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGNo one knows the cost of a defective product – don’t tell me you do.
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When a system is stable, telling the worker about mistakes is only tampering.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGWhen a system is stable, telling the worker about mistakes is only tampering.
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We are here to make another world.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGWe are here to make another world.
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