The “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.
AKIO MORITAAll you need is the best product in the world, the most efficient production in the world and global marketing.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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Of course we have to make a profit, but we have to make a profit over the long haul, not just the short term, and that means we must keep investing in research and development.
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Executives of the company must have the necessary qualities to direct the personnel by showing them the way to do things.
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Every action analysed and every responsibility assigned by an organisation chart.
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My chief job is to constantly stir or rekindle the curiosity of people that gets driven out by bureaucracy and formal schooling systems.
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It’s difficult to see new projects to fruition.
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To gain profit is important, but you must invest to build up assets that you can cash in in the future.
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The most important mission for a Japanese manager is to develop a healthy relationship with his employees.
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I feel it is my fault because I made the decision to hire him.
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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 only sure thing is that in business there are no sure things.
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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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More people are interested in trying to shuffle paper assets around than building lasting assets by producing real goods.
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When I find an employee who turns out to be wrong for the job,
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Never break another man’s rice bowl.
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The company must not throw money away on huge bonuses for executives or other frivolities but must share its fate with the workers.
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