In 1945, the world was in a shambles. American companies had no competition.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGQuality is the responsibility of the top people. Its origin is in the boardroom. They are the ones who decide.
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Customer expectations? Nonsense. No customer ever asked for the electric light, the pneumatic tire, the VCR, or the CD.
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Innovation comes from the producer – not from the customer.
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You should not ask questions without knowledge.
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Quality is everyone’s responsibility.
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The prevailing system of management has crushed fun out of the workplace.
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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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Any manager can do well in an expanding market.
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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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Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.
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Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.
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The sure way to increase productivity is to better administrate man and machine.
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We are here to make another world.
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When a system is stable, telling the worker about mistakes is only tampering.
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You know the cost of replacing it, but not the cost of a dissatisfied customer.
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It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.
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