You should not ask questions without knowledge.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGI predicted in 1950 that in five years, manufacturers the world over would be screaming for protection. It took only four years.
More W. Edwards Deming Quotes
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Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
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What should be the aim of management? What is their job?
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Learning is not compulsory… neither is survival.
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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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You can not define being exactly on time.
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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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Lack of knowledge… that is the problem.
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Export anything to a friendly country except American management.
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Any manager can do well in an expanding market.
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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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Quality is the responsibility of the top people. Its origin is in the boardroom. They are the ones who decide.
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If you do not know how to ask the right question, you discover nothing.
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The prevailing – and foolish – attitude is that a good manager can be a good manager anywhere, with no special knowledge of the production process he’s managing.
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All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.
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