The result of long-term relationships is better and better quality, and lower and lower costs.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGA man with a financial background may know nothing about manufacturing shoes or cars, but he’s put in charge anyway.
More W. Edwards Deming Quotes
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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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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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Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!
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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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Quality’ means what will sell and do a customer some good – at least try to.
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You can not define being exactly on time.
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I am forever learning and changing.
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Quality is pride of workmanship.
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Quality is the responsibility of the top people. Its origin is in the boardroom. They are the ones who decide.
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Customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.
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Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.
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Declining productivity and quality means your unit production costs stay high but you don’t have as much to sell.
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People don’t like to make mistakes.
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The average American worker has fifty interruptions a day, of which seventy percent have nothing to do with work.
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What should be the aim of management? What is their job?
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