Export anything to a friendly country except American management.
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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Quality is everyone’s responsibility.
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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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You can not define being exactly on time.
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The emphasis should be on why we do a job.
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Research shows that the climate of an organization influences an individual’s contribution far more than the individual himself.
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A bad system will beat a good person every time.
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Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.
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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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Customer expectations? Nonsense. No customer ever asked for the electric light, the pneumatic tire, the VCR, or the CD.
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The result of long-term relationships is better and better quality, and lower and lower costs.
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Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
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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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Profit in business comes from repeat customers.
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You know the cost of replacing it, but not the cost of a dissatisfied customer.
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Innovation comes from the producer – not from the customer.
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