The public does not know what is possible. We do.
AKIO MORITAThe “patron saint” of Japanese quality control, ironically, is an American named W. Edwards Deming, who was virtually unknown in his own country until his ideas of quality control began to make such a big impact on Japanese companies.
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The only sure thing is that in business there are no sure things.
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In the long run, no matter how good or successful you are or how clever or crafty.
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Never break another man’s rice bowl.
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Management of an industrial company must be giving targets to the engineers constantly; that may be the most important job management has in dealing with its engineers.
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Advertising and promotion alone will not sustain a bad product or a product that is not right for the times.
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We treat employees as a member of the family.
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Japanese people tend to be much better adjusted to the notion of work, any kind of work, as honorable.
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The best example of this was the Apollo project in the United States.
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In the United States businessmen often do not trust their colleagues.
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I believe one of the reasons we went through such a remarkable growth period was that we had this atmosphere of free discussion.
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From a management standpoint, it is very important to know how to unleash people’s inborn creativity.
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It has run consistently about 6 percent of sales at Sony – and in service.
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You can be totally rational with a machine.
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America looks 10 minutes ahead; Japan looks 10 years.
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Amenities are not of great concern to management in Japan.
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