It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and then do your best.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGThe prevailing – and foolish – attitude is that a good manager can be a good manager anywhere, with no special knowledge of the production process he’s managing.
More W. Edwards Deming Quotes
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In 1945, the world was in a shambles. American companies had no competition.
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The prevailing system of management has crushed fun out of the workplace.
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You know the cost of replacing it, but not the cost of a dissatisfied customer.
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We are here to make another world.
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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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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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People don’t like to make mistakes.
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Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
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You can not define being exactly on time.
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Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.
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Quality is the responsibility of the top people. Its origin is in the boardroom. They are the ones who decide.
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No one knows the cost of a defective product – don’t tell me you do.
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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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Quality is pride of workmanship.
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Customer expectations? Nonsense. No customer ever asked for the electric light, the pneumatic tire, the VCR, or the CD.
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