Innovation comes from the producer – not from the customer.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGCustomers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.
More W. Edwards Deming Quotes
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Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
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Quality is pride of workmanship.
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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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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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Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!
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American management thinks that they can just copy from Japan. But they don’t know what to copy.
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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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Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.
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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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Research shows that the climate of an organization influences an individual’s contribution far more than the individual himself.
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It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and then do your best.
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You know the cost of replacing it, but not the cost of a dissatisfied customer.
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In 1945, the world was in a shambles. American companies had no competition.
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If you do not know how to ask the right question, you discover nothing.
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