No one knows the cost of a defective product – don’t tell me you do.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGQuality is the responsibility of the top people. Its origin is in the boardroom. They are the ones who decide.
More W. Edwards Deming Quotes
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If you don’t understand how to run an efficient operation, new machinery will just give you new problems of operation and maintenance.
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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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In 1945, the world was in a shambles. American companies had no competition.
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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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My mother was my biggest role model. She taught me to hate waste. We never wasted anything.
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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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You should not ask questions without knowledge.
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Customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.
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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 pride of workmanship.
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The prevailing system of management has crushed fun out of the workplace.
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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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Your workers don’t want to be paid less, so to maintain profits, you increase your prices. That’s inflation.
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You can not define being exactly on time.
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Quality’ means what will sell and do a customer some good – at least try to.
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