The sure way to increase productivity is to better administrate man and machine.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGThe sure way to increase productivity is to better administrate man and machine.
More W. Edwards Deming Quotes
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When a system is stable, telling the worker about mistakes is only tampering.
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Learning is not compulsory… neither is survival.
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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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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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We are here to make another world.
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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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Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
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The emphasis should be on why we do a job.
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People don’t like to make mistakes.
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Quality is pride of workmanship.
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Innovation comes from the producer – not from the customer.
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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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All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.
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Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.
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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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