Rational 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.
More W. Edwards Deming Quotes
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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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Research shows that the climate of an organization influences an individual’s contribution far more than the individual himself.
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What should be the aim of management? What is their job?
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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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The prevailing system of management has crushed fun out of the workplace.
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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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People don’t like to make mistakes.
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Profit in business comes from repeat customers.
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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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If you don’t understand how to run an efficient operation, new machinery will just give you new problems of operation and maintenance.
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A bad system will beat a good person every time.
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The sure way to increase productivity is to better administrate man and machine.
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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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Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.
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