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Learning is not compulsory… neither is survival.

W. Edwards Deming

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The result of long-term relationships is better and better quality, and lower and lower costs.
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Better Cost Long Lower Quality Relationship Result Term
Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
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Action Behaviour Rational Reactive Relax Require Theory
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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Give Just Machinery Maintainnece New Operation Problem Run Understand
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
Any manager can do well in an expanding market.
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Any Manager Expand Market Well
Quality is pride of workmanship.
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Pride Quality Workmanship
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
You know the cost of replacing it, but not the cost of a dissatisfied customer.
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Cost Customer Dissatisfied Know replace
All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.
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All Anyone Ask Change Pride Work
The emphasis should be on why we do a job.
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Do Emphasis Job Should We Why
Export anything to a friendly country except American management.
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Anything Country Except Export Friendly Management
I am forever learning and changing.
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Change Forever Learn
Quality is the responsibility of the top people. Its origin is in the boardroom. They are the ones who decide.
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Boardroom Decide One Origin People Quality Responsible Two
No one knows the cost of a defective product – don’t tell me you do.
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Cost Defective Do Em Know No One Product Tell You
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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Another Country Eliminate Improvement Position Present Productivity Retrain Secure Worker
Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.
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Eliminate Include Management Numerical Objective Quote

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