In Japan, a company worker’s position is secure. He is retrained for another job if his present job is eliminated by productivity improvement.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGRational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
More W. Edwards Deming Quotes
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You know the cost of replacing it, but not the cost of a dissatisfied customer.
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You should not ask questions without knowledge.
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Learning is not compulsory… neither is survival.
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You can not define being exactly on time.
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All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.
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It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.
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The average American worker has fifty interruptions a day, of which seventy percent have nothing to do with work.
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No one knows the cost of a defective product – don’t tell me you do.
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We are here to make another world.
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If you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing.
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Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!
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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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Quality is pride of workmanship.
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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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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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