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W. Edwards Deming
American
Scientist
About the author
Quality is everyone's responsibility.
W. Edwards Deming,
American
Scientist
#Responsibility
#Quality
You should not ask questions without knowledge.
W. Edwards Deming,
American
Scientist
#Questions
#Knowledge
You can not define being exactly on time.
W. Edwards Deming,
American
Scientist
#Time
#Being
Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.
W. Edwards Deming,
American
Scientist
#Will
#Fear
#Wrong
When a system is stable, telling the worker about mistakes is only tampering.
W. Edwards Deming,
American
Scientist
#Mistakes
We are here to make another world.
W. Edwards Deming,
American
Scientist
#World
The average American worker has fifty interruptions a day, of which seventy percent have nothing to do with work.
W. Edwards Deming,
American
Scientist
#Work
#Nothing
#Day
#American
The emphasis should be on why we do a job.
W. Edwards Deming,
American
Scientist
#Job
Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.
W. Edwards Deming,
American
Scientist
#Friends
#Business
#Service
#Profit
#Project
Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.
W. Edwards Deming,
American
Scientist
#Learning
#Survival
Lack of knowledge... that is the problem.
W. Edwards Deming,
American
Scientist
#Knowledge
It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.
W. Edwards Deming,
American
Scientist
#Change
#Survival
Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.
W. Edwards Deming,
American
Scientist
#Management
#Objectives
It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and then do your best.
W. Edwards Deming,
American
Scientist
Innovation comes from the producer - not from the customer.
W. Edwards Deming,
American
Scientist
#Innovation
#Customer
If you do not know how to ask the right question, you discover nothing.
W. Edwards Deming,
American
Scientist
#Right
#Nothing
#Question
If you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know what you're doing.
W. Edwards Deming,
American
Scientist
Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!
W. Edwards Deming,
American
Scientist
The result of long-term relationships is better and better quality, and lower and lower costs.
W. Edwards Deming,
American
Scientist
#Relationships
#Result
#Quality
All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.
W. Edwards Deming,
American
Scientist
#Chance
#Work
#Pride
Any manager can do well in an expanding market.
W. Edwards Deming,
American
Scientist
#Manager
Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
W. Edwards Deming,
American
Scientist
#Action
#Theory
#Behavior