The result of long-term relationships is better and better quality, and lower and lower costs.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGI am forever learning and changing.
More W. Edwards Deming Quotes
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So nobody really thought much about quality. Why should they? The world bought everything America produced. It was a prescription for disaster.
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Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
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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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All customer expectations are only what you and your competitor have led him to expect. He knows nothing else.
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People with targets and jobs dependent upon meeting them will probably meet the targets – even if they have to destroy the enterprise to do it.
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Learning is not compulsory… neither is survival.
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The prevailing system of management has crushed fun out of the workplace.
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You can not define being exactly on time.
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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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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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My mother was my biggest role model. She taught me to hate waste. We never wasted anything.
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Lack of knowledge… that is the problem.
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Profit in business comes from repeat customers.
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You should not ask questions without knowledge.
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The emphasis should be on why we do a job.
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