If you don’t understand how to run an efficient operation, new machinery will just give you new problems of operation and maintenance.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGLearning is not compulsory… neither is survival.
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The emphasis should be on why we do a job.
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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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Innovation comes from the producer – not from the customer.
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Quality’ means what will sell and do a customer some good – at least try to.
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Learning is not compulsory… neither is survival.
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You should not ask questions without knowledge.
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Quality is everyone’s responsibility.
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Quality is pride of workmanship.
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Lack of knowledge… that is the problem.
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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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Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.
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Export anything to a friendly country except American management.
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Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
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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 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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