If you don’t understand how to run an efficient operation, new machinery will just give you new problems of operation and maintenance.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGQuality’ means what will sell and do a customer some good – at least try to.
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You know the cost of replacing it, but not the cost of a dissatisfied customer.
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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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Quality’ means what will sell and do a customer some good – at least try to.
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All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.
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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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The sure way to increase productivity is to better administrate man and machine.
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It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.
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We are here to make another world.
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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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The big problems are where people don’t realise they have one in the first place.
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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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Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.
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What should be the aim of management? What is their job?
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I am forever learning and changing.
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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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