So nobody really thought much about quality. Why should they? The world bought everything America produced. It was a prescription for disaster.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGThe emphasis should be on why we do a job.
More W. Edwards Deming Quotes
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What should be the aim of management? What is their job?
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Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.
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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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It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and then do your best.
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Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
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Quality’ means what will sell and do a customer some good – at least try to.
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The big problems are where people don’t realise they have one in the first place.
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Innovation comes from the producer – not from the customer.
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We are here to make another world.
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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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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 can not define being exactly on time.
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People don’t like to make mistakes.
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Quality is pride of workmanship.
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You should not ask questions without knowledge.
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