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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.

W. Edwards Deming

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Another Country Eliminate Improvement Position Present Productivity Retrain Secure Worker

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Lack of knowledge… that is the problem.
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Al Knowledge Lack One Liner Problem
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
A bad system will beat a good person every time.
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Bad Every Good Neat Person System Time
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 am forever learning and changing.
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Change Forever Learn
Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
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Action Behaviour Rational Reactive Relax Require Theory
If you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing.
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Can Describe Do Know Process
Learning is not compulsory… neither is survival.
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Compulsory Learn Neither Survival
All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.
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All Anyone Ask Change Pride Work
Quality is pride of workmanship.
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Pride Quality Workmanship
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
It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.
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Change Mandatory Necessary Not Survival
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
No one knows the cost of a defective product – don’t tell me you do.
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Cost Defective Do Em Know No One Product Tell You
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
What should be the aim of management? What is their job?
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Aim Job Management Should

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