Customer expectations? Nonsense. No customer ever asked for the electric light, the pneumatic tire, the VCR, or the CD.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGAmerican management thinks that they can just copy from Japan. But they don’t know what to copy.
More W. Edwards Deming Quotes
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The prevailing system of management has crushed fun out of the workplace.
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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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Quality is pride of workmanship.
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A bad system will beat a good person every time.
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No one knows the cost of a defective product – don’t tell me you do.
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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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Customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.
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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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The big problems are where people don’t realise they have one in the first place.
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Quality is everyone’s responsibility.
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You know the cost of replacing it, but not the cost of a dissatisfied customer.
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Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
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I am forever learning and changing.
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Innovation comes from the producer – not from the customer.
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All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.
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