Your workers don’t want to be paid less, so to maintain profits, you increase your prices. That’s inflation.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGYour workers don’t want to be paid less, so to maintain profits, you increase your prices. That’s inflation.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGThe emphasis should be on why we do a job.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGInnovation comes from the producer – not from the customer.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGEliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGIn 1945, the world was in a shambles. American companies had no competition.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGQuality is pride of workmanship.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGQuality is the responsibility of the top people. Its origin is in the boardroom. They are the ones who decide.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGCustomer expectations? Nonsense. No customer ever asked for the electric light, the pneumatic tire, the VCR, or the CD.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGIt is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and then do your best.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGLack of knowledge… that is the problem.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGIt is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGDeclining productivity and quality means your unit production costs stay high but you don’t have as much to sell.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGWhat should be the aim of management? What is their job?
W. EDWARDS DEMINGA man with a financial background may know nothing about manufacturing shoes or cars, but he’s put in charge anyway.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGSo nobody really thought much about quality. Why should they? The world bought everything America produced. It was a prescription for disaster.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGLearning is not compulsory… neither is survival.
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