The sure way to increase productivity is to better administrate man and machine.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGIn 1945, the world was in a shambles. American companies had no competition.
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The prevailing system of management has crushed fun out of the workplace.
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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 is pride of workmanship.
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Customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.
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The big problems are where people don’t realise they have one in the first place.
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All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.
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All customer expectations are only what you and your competitor have led him to expect. He knows nothing else.
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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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When a system is stable, telling the worker about mistakes is only tampering.
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You can not define being exactly on time.
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Innovation comes from the producer – not from the customer.
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Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
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So nobody really thought much about quality. Why should they? The world bought everything America produced. It was a prescription for disaster.
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You should not ask questions without knowledge.
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Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.
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