Lack of knowledge… that is the problem.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGIf you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing.
More W. Edwards Deming Quotes
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You should not ask questions without knowledge.
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The big problems are where people don’t realise they have one in the first place.
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Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
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We are here to make another world.
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You know the cost of replacing it, but not the cost of a dissatisfied customer.
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A man with a financial background may know nothing about manufacturing shoes or cars, but he’s put in charge anyway.
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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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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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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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A bad system will beat a good person every time.
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My mother was my biggest role model. She taught me to hate waste. We never wasted anything.
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If you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing.
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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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