Innovation comes from the producer – not from the customer.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGWhat should be the aim of management? What is their job?
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The emphasis should be on why we do a job.
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You should not ask questions without knowledge.
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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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It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.
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The result of long-term relationships is better and better quality, and lower and lower costs.
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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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Quality’ means what will sell and do a customer some good – at least try to.
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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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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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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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Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.
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Learning is not compulsory… neither is survival.
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If you do not know how to ask the right question, you discover nothing.
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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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Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!
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