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Learning is not compulsory… neither is survival.

W. Edwards Deming

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When a system is stable, telling the worker about mistakes is only tampering.
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Mistake Only Stable System Tamper Tell When Worker
People with targets and jobs dependent upon meeting them will probably meet the targets – even if they have to destroy the enterprise to do it.
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Destroy Enterprises Job Meeting People Target Probably Them Upon
All customer expectations are only what you and your competitor have led him to expect. He knows nothing else.
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Al Competitor Customer Else Expect Expectation Know Nothing Only
My mother was my biggest role model. She taught me to hate waste. We never wasted anything.
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Anything Biggest Hate Model Mother My never Role Taught Waste
It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and then do your best.
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Best Do Enough Know Must To Your
You should not ask questions without knowledge.
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Ask Knowledge Question Should
In 1945, the world was in a shambles. American companies had no competition.
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Company Competition Country No Shamble Worlld Year
Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.
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Eliminate Include Management Numerical Objective Quote
Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.
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Fear Figure Get Whenever Will Wrong
I am forever learning and changing.
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Change Forever Learn
American management thinks that they can just copy from Japan. But they don’t know what to copy.
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Copy Country Just Management Think
The emphasis should be on why we do a job.
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Do Emphasis Job Should We Why
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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Anyway Background Charge Finance Know Man Manufacture Nothing Show
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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Anywhere Attitude Foolish Good Knowledge Manage Manager No Prevail Process Production Special
Quality is pride of workmanship.
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Pride Quality Workmanship
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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Ago Five Four Manufacture Over Predict Protection Scream Took World Year

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