The result of long-term relationships is better and better quality, and lower and lower costs.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGLack of knowledge… that is the problem.
More W. Edwards Deming Quotes
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What should be the aim of management? What is their job?
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Export anything to a friendly country except American management.
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No one knows the cost of a defective product – don’t tell me you do.
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Quality is pride of workmanship.
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People don’t like to make mistakes.
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Quality’ means what will sell and do a customer some good – at least try to.
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Declining productivity and quality means your unit production costs stay high but you don’t have as much to sell.
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Learning is not compulsory… neither is survival.
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Profit in business comes from repeat customers.
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I am forever learning and changing.
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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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Your workers don’t want to be paid less, so to maintain profits, you increase your prices. That’s inflation.
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A bad system will beat a good person every time.
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If you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing.
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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.
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