Quality is pride of workmanship.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGLack of knowledge… that is the problem.
More W. Edwards Deming Quotes
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You know the cost of replacing it, but not the cost of a dissatisfied customer.
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In 1945, the world was in a shambles. American companies had no competition.
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Any manager can do well in an expanding market.
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I predicted in 1950 that in five years, manufacturers the world over would be screaming for protection. It took only four years.
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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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My mother was my biggest role model. She taught me to hate waste. We never wasted anything.
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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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All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.
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When a system is stable, telling the worker about mistakes is only tampering.
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In Japan, a company worker’s position is secure. He is retrained for another job if his present job is eliminated by productivity improvement.
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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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I am forever learning and changing.
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You should not ask questions without knowledge.
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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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A bad system will beat a good person every time.
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