Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!
W. EDWARDS DEMINGQuality is everyone’s responsibility.
More W. Edwards Deming Quotes
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It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.
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If you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing.
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The emphasis should be on why we do a job.
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In 1945, the world was in a shambles. American companies had no competition.
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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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You know the cost of replacing it, but not the cost of a dissatisfied customer.
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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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Quality is pride of workmanship.
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The big problems are where people don’t realise they have one in the first place.
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What should be the aim of management? What is their job?
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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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You should not ask questions without knowledge.
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Innovation comes from the producer – not from the customer.
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All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.
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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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