The result of long-term relationships is better and better quality, and lower and lower costs.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGWhenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.
More W. Edwards Deming Quotes
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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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No one knows the cost of a defective product – don’t tell me you do.
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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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Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.
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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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American management thinks that they can just copy from Japan. But they don’t know what to copy.
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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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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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Research shows that the climate of an organization influences an individual’s contribution far more than the individual himself.
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Customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.
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Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!
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My mother was my biggest role model. She taught me to hate waste. We never wasted anything.
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It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.
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A bad system will beat a good person every time.
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