The prevailing – and foolish – attitude is that a good manager can be a good manager anywhere, with no special knowledge of the production process he’s managing.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGWhenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.
More W. Edwards Deming Quotes
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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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I am forever learning and changing.
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It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.
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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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No one knows the cost of a defective product – don’t tell me you do.
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Profit in business comes from repeat customers.
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The big problems are where people don’t realise they have one in the first place.
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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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Learning is not compulsory… neither is survival.
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Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.
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The emphasis should be on why we do a job.
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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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Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.
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Your workers don’t want to be paid less, so to maintain profits, you increase your prices. That’s inflation.
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