The emphasis should be on why we do a job.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGLack of knowledge… that is the problem.
More W. Edwards Deming Quotes
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American management thinks that they can just copy from Japan. But they don’t know what to copy.
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I am forever learning and changing.
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You know the cost of replacing it, but not the cost of a dissatisfied customer.
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Customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.
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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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Learning is not compulsory… neither is survival.
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You should not ask questions without knowledge.
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If you don’t understand how to run an efficient operation, new machinery will just give you new problems of operation and maintenance.
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When a system is stable, telling the worker about mistakes is only tampering.
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No one knows the cost of a defective product – don’t tell me you do.
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All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.
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What should be the aim of management? What is their job?
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Any manager can do well in an expanding market.
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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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The sure way to increase productivity is to better administrate man and machine.
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