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 DEMINGYou should not ask questions without knowledge.
More W. Edwards Deming Quotes
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The sure way to increase productivity is to better administrate man and machine.
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You know the cost of replacing it, but not the cost of a dissatisfied customer.
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Innovation comes from the producer – not from the customer.
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Any manager can do well in an expanding market.
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If you do not know how to ask the right question, you discover nothing.
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Lack of knowledge… that is the problem.
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Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
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People don’t like to make mistakes.
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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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No one knows the cost of a defective product – don’t tell me you do.
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You can not define being exactly on time.
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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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Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.
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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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If you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing.
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