Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.
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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Research shows that the climate of an organization influences an individual’s contribution far more than the individual himself.
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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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Quality is everyone’s responsibility.
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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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A bad system will beat a good person every time.
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American management thinks that they can just copy from Japan. But they don’t know what to copy.
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I am forever learning and changing.
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Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
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Learning is not compulsory… neither is survival.
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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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Export anything to a friendly country except American management.
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All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.
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No one knows the cost of a defective product – don’t tell me you do.
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The result of long-term relationships is better and better quality, and lower and lower costs.
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The emphasis should be on why we do a job.
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