Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!
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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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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Profit in business comes from repeat customers.
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Customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.
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When a system is stable, telling the worker about mistakes is only tampering.
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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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The result of long-term relationships is better and better quality, and lower and lower costs.
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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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People don’t like to make mistakes.
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Lack of knowledge… that is the problem.
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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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Quality’ means what will sell and do a customer some good – at least try to.
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Learning is not compulsory… neither is survival.
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If you do not know how to ask the right question, you discover nothing.
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Quality is everyone’s responsibility.
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Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
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