Innovation comes from the producer – not from the customer.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGResearch shows that the climate of an organization influences an individual’s contribution far more than the individual himself.
More W. Edwards Deming Quotes
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What should be the aim of management? What is their job?
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Quality’ means what will sell and do a customer some good – at least try to.
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Customer expectations? Nonsense. No customer ever asked for the electric light, the pneumatic tire, the VCR, or the CD.
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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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Customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.
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Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
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Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!
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If you do not know how to ask the right question, you discover nothing.
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It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.
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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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Profit in business comes from repeat customers.
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People don’t like to make mistakes.
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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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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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