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W. Edwards Deming
W. Edwards Deming
American Scientist
Born: Oct 14, 1900
Died: Dec 20, 1993
Management Nothing People Quality Will You
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Quality is pride of workmanship. W. Edwards Deming
Work Quality Pride Workmanship
It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and then do your best. W. Edwards Deming
Best You Enough Must Do Your Best Know Then Your
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. A man with a financial background may know nothing about manufacturing shoes or cars, but he's put in charge anyway. W. Edwards Deming
Attitude Good Knowledge Man Financial Car Shoes Nothing Good Manager Background Charge About Prevailing Foolish He Put Know Manager Managing May Process Anyway Anywhere Production Special Manufacturing
I am forever learning and changing. W. Edwards Deming
Learning Changing Am Forever
If you don't understand how to run an efficient operation, new machinery will just give you new problems of operation and maintenance. The sure way to increase productivity is to better administrate man and machine. W. Edwards Deming
You Man Better Problems Will Increase Way Machine Machinery Run Give Maintenance New Operation Sure Sure Way Understand How Efficient Just Productivity
If you do not know how to ask the right question, you discover nothing. W. Edwards Deming
You Nothing Right Question Know How Discover Question Ask Right
The big problems are where people don't realise they have one in the first place. W. Edwards Deming
People Problems First Big First Place Big Problems Where Realise Place
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 Deming
People Will Meet Meeting Destroy Enterprise Jobs Targets Dependent Them Even
Customer expectations? Nonsense. No customer ever asked for the electric light, the pneumatic tire, the VCR, or the CD. All customer expectations are only what you and your competitor have led him to expect. He knows nothing else. W. Edwards Deming
You Light Nothing Competitor Else Only He Him Knows Nonsense Led Expect Expectations Tire Customer Asked Your Electric Electric Light Ever
The average American worker has fifty interruptions a day, of which seventy percent have nothing to do with work. W. Edwards Deming
Work Day Nothing Seventy Percent American Which Average Average American Worker Fifty American Worker Interruptions
Research shows that the climate of an organization influences an individual's contribution far more than the individual himself. W. Edwards Deming
Organization Research More Individual Himself Climate Than Contribution Influences Far Shows
Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them. W. Edwards Deming
Service Business Profit Project About Repeat Friends Boast Them Customers Your Bring
Lack of knowledge... that is the problem. W. Edwards Deming
Knowledge Problem Lack
The prevailing system of management has crushed fun out of the workplace. W. Edwards Deming
Management Crushed System Out Prevailing Fun Workplace
Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures. W. Edwards Deming
You Fear Will Wrong Get Whenever Figures
Any manager can do well in an expanding market. W. Edwards Deming
Market Well Expanding Manager Any
Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous! W. Edwards Deming
Everybody Accountable Hold Ridiculous
Innovation comes from the producer - not from the customer. W. Edwards Deming
Innovation Customer Producer
I predicted in 1950 that in five years, manufacturers the world over would be screaming for protection. It took only four years. W. Edwards Deming
World Protection Took Would Would-Be Only Over Years Five Screaming Predicted Manufacturers Four
Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives. W. Edwards Deming
Management Objectives Including Eliminate Numerical
Declining productivity and quality means your unit production costs stay high but you don't have as much to sell. Your workers don't want to be paid less, so to maintain profits, you increase your prices. That's inflation. W. Edwards Deming
You Quality Inflation Increase High Stay Costs Prices Maintain Sell Want Declining Much Workers Means Production Paid Your Productivity Less Unit Profits
In 1945, the world was in a shambles. American companies had no competition. So nobody really thought much about quality. Why should they? The world bought everything America produced. It was a prescription for disaster. W. Edwards Deming
Quality World Competition Thought Everything About Had Bought Nobody Disaster America American American Companies Much Produced Really Should Companies Why Prescription
You should not ask questions without knowledge. W. Edwards Deming
Knowledge You Without Questions Ask Should

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