In Japan, a company worker’s position is secure. He is retrained for another job if his present job is eliminated by productivity improvement.
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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You can not define being exactly on time.
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People don’t like to make mistakes.
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The big problems are where people don’t realise they have one in the first place.
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People with targets and jobs dependent upon meeting them will probably meet the targets – even if they have to destroy the enterprise to do it.
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In 1945, the world was in a shambles. American companies had no competition.
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The emphasis should be on why we do a 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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Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.
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Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!
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When a system is stable, telling the worker about mistakes is only tampering.
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The sure way to increase productivity is to better administrate man and machine.
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Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
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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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You know the cost of replacing it, but not the cost of a dissatisfied customer.
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You should not ask questions without knowledge.
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