Profit in business comes from repeat customers.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGAll customer expectations are only what you and your competitor have led him to expect. He knows nothing else.
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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Learning is not compulsory… neither is survival.
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Innovation comes from the producer – not from the customer.
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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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The result of long-term relationships is better and better quality, and lower and lower costs.
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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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All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.
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The big problems are where people don’t realise they have one in the first place.
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People don’t like to make mistakes.
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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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You know the cost of replacing it, but not the cost of a dissatisfied customer.
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What should be the aim of management? What is their job?
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A bad system will beat a good person every time.
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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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Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!
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