Customer expectations? Nonsense. No customer ever asked for the electric light, the pneumatic tire, the VCR, or the CD.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGIf you don’t understand how to run an efficient operation, new machinery will just give you new problems of operation and maintenance.
More W. Edwards Deming Quotes
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Profit in business comes from repeat customers.
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Export anything to a friendly country except American management.
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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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American management thinks that they can just copy from Japan. But they don’t know what to copy.
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It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.
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People don’t like to make mistakes.
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The sure way to increase productivity is to better administrate man and machine.
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What should be the aim of management? What is their job?
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Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
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It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and then do your best.
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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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In 1945, the world was in a shambles. American companies had no competition.
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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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Research shows that the climate of an organization influences an individual’s contribution far more than the individual himself.
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