Learning is not compulsory… neither is survival.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGCustomer expectations? Nonsense. No customer ever asked for the electric light, the pneumatic tire, the VCR, or the CD.
More W. Edwards Deming Quotes
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Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!
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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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Research shows that the climate of an organization influences an individual’s contribution far more than the individual himself.
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Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.
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Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.
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You should not ask questions without knowledge.
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All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.
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The sure way to increase productivity is to better administrate man and machine.
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The average American worker has fifty interruptions a day, of which seventy percent have nothing to do with work.
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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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Declining productivity and quality means your unit production costs stay high but you don’t have as much to sell.
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Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
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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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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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In 1945, the world was in a shambles. American companies had no competition.
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