Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGWhenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGLearning is not compulsory… neither is survival.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGEliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGYou know the cost of replacing it, but not the cost of a dissatisfied customer.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGThe prevailing – and foolish – attitude is that a good manager can be a good manager anywhere, with no special knowledge of the production process he’s managing.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGYou should not ask questions without knowledge.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGIt is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGQuality is the responsibility of the top people. Its origin is in the boardroom. They are the ones who decide.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGThe average American worker has fifty interruptions a day, of which seventy percent have nothing to do with work.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGYour workers don’t want to be paid less, so to maintain profits, you increase your prices. That’s inflation.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGThe emphasis should be on why we do a job.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGExport anything to a friendly country except American management.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGCustomers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGRational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGQuality’ means what will sell and do a customer some good – at least try to.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGIn 1945, the world was in a shambles. American companies had no competition.
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