Quality’ means what will sell and do a customer some good – at least try to.
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More W. Edwards Deming Quotes
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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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The result of long-term relationships is better and better quality, and lower and lower costs.
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I am forever learning and changing.
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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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Learning is not compulsory… neither is survival.
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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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Declining productivity and quality means your unit production costs stay high but you don’t have as much to sell.
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In 1945, the world was in a shambles. American companies had no competition.
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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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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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The emphasis should be on why we do a job.
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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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We are here to make another world.
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