The emphasis should be on why we do a job.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGYou know the cost of replacing it, but not the cost of a dissatisfied customer.
More W. Edwards Deming Quotes
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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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Lack of knowledge… that is the problem.
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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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All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.
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No one knows the cost of a defective product – don’t tell me you do.
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Quality is everyone’s responsibility.
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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 system of management has crushed fun out of the workplace.
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Quality is pride of workmanship.
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Any manager can do well in an expanding market.
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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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The big problems are where people don’t realise they have one in the first place.
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American management thinks that they can just copy from Japan. But they don’t know what to copy.
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Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!
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