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W Edwards Deming Inspirational Quotes (223)

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What we need to do is learn to work in the system, by which I mean that everybody, every team, every platform, every division, every component is there not for individual competitive profit or recognition, but for contribution to the system as a whole on a win-win basis.
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A man who knows not his limitations is of no use to anyone.
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A leader knows who is outside of the system and needs special help.
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You can not define being exactly on time.
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Now, we learn that a system must have an aim. Without an aim, there is no system.
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A system must be managed. It will not manage itself.
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People care more for themselves when they contribute to the system.
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Knowledge is theory. We should be thankful if action of management is based on theory. Knowledge has temporal spread. Information is not knowledge. The world is drowning in information but is slow in acquisition of knowledge. There is no substitute for knowledge.
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Management of outcomes may not be any more than a skill. It does not require knowledge.
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Quality comes not from inspection, but from improvement of the production process.
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There is no economy in having one operation produce a part and another separate the good ones from the bad ones.
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A system is a network of interdependent components that work together to try to accomplish the aim of the system. A system must have an aim. Without the aim, there is no system.
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We should work on our process, not the outcome of our processes.
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It is not enough that top management commit themselves for life to quality and productivity. They must know what it is that they are committed to - that is, what they must do. These obligations cannot be delegated. Support is not enough action is required.
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It's management's job to know.
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New product and new types of service are generated, not by asking the consumer, but by knowledge, imagination, innovation, risk, trial and error on the part of the producer, backed by enough capital to develop the product or service and to stay in business during the learn months of introduction.
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Quality is pride of workmanship.
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You cannot inspect quality into the product it is already there.
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You must not run your Organization as a functional hierarchy. You must understand it as a System.
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It's not enough to do your best you must know what to do & then do your best.
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Quality is everyone's responsibility.
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Retroactive management emphasizes the bottom line.
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You must have a supplier relationship of constant improvement.
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Information is not knowledge. Let's not confuse the two.
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