Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGYou should not ask questions without knowledge.
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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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If you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing.
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A bad system will beat a good person every time.
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Export anything to a friendly country except American management.
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The prevailing system of management has crushed fun out of the workplace.
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No one knows the cost of a defective product – don’t tell me you do.
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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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Quality is pride of workmanship.
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It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and then do your best.
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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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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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You should not ask questions without knowledge.
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Customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.
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You can not define being exactly on time.
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