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.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGIn Japan, a company worker’s position is secure. He is retrained for another job if his present job is eliminated by productivity improvement.
More W. Edwards Deming Quotes
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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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Your workers don’t want to be paid less, so to maintain profits, you increase your prices. That’s inflation.
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The prevailing system of management has crushed fun out of the workplace.
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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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Declining productivity and quality means your unit production costs stay high but you don’t have as much to sell.
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The emphasis should be on why we do a job.
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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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The sure way to increase productivity is to better administrate man and machine.
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The big problems are where people don’t realise they have one in the first place.
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Profit in business comes from repeat customers.
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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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We are here to make another world.
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Quality is everyone’s responsibility.
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You can not define being exactly on time.
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