Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!
W. EDWARDS DEMINGProfit in business comes from repeat customers.
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You can not define being exactly on time.
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Quality’ means what will sell and do a customer some good – at least try to.
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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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Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.
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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 sure way to increase productivity is to better administrate man and machine.
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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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The 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.
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All customer expectations are only what you and your competitor have led him to expect. He knows nothing else.
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Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
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In 1945, the world was in a shambles. American companies had no competition.
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It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and then do your best.
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You know the cost of replacing it, but not the cost of a dissatisfied customer.
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Profit in business comes from repeat customers.
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A man with a financial background may know nothing about manufacturing shoes or cars, but he’s put in charge anyway.
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