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Industrial Engineer Inspirational Quotes (241)

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It takes great effort to follow the rules of a pull system ... thus a half-hearted introduction of a pull system brings a hundred harms and not a single gain.
Taiichi Ohno
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To successfully respond to the myriad of changes that shake the world, transformation into a new style of management is required. The route to take is what I call profound knowledge, knowledge for leadership of transformation.
W. Edwards Deming
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Monetary rewards are not a substitute for intrinsic motivation.
W. Edwards Deming
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It is important that an aim never be defined in terms of a specific activity or method. It must always relate to a better life for everyone.
W. Edwards Deming
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We have to bring back the individual. Management has smothered the individual.
W. Edwards Deming
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People need to know what their jobs are.
W. Edwards Deming
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The aim should be to work on the method of management.
W. Edwards Deming
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And we are reducing the time line by reducing the non-value-added wastes.
Taiichi Ohno
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Quality begins with the intent, which is fixed by management.
W. Edwards Deming
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When asked what single event was most helpful in developing the Theory of Relativity, Albert Einstein replied, Figuring out how to think about the problem.
W. Edwards Deming
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You do not install quality you begin to work at it.
W. Edwards Deming
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Don't expect smart people to listen to you without proof.
W. Edwards Deming
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Management's job is to know which systems are stable and which are not.
W. Edwards Deming
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We know what we told him, but we don't know what he heard.
W. Edwards Deming
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Ask 'why' five times about every matter.
Taiichi Ohno
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In God we trust all others bring data.
W. Edwards Deming
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The questions are more important than the answers.
W. Edwards Deming
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...a person and an organization must have goals, take actions to achieve those goals, gather evidence of achievement, study and reflect on the data and from that take actions again. Thus, they are in a continuous feedback spiral toward continuous improvement. This is what 'Kaizan' means.
W. Edwards Deming
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Uncontrolled variation is the enemy of quality.
W. Edwards Deming
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The process is not just the sum of its parts.
W. Edwards Deming
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What makes a scientist great is the care that he takes in telling you what is wrong with his results, so that you will not misuse them.
W. Edwards Deming
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A leader must have knowledge. A leader must be able to teach.
W. Edwards Deming
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Anybody can achieve gains in quality by slowing down production. That is not what we are talking about.
W. Edwards Deming
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Quality is made in the board room. A worker can deliver lower quality, but she cannot deliver quality better than the system allow.
W. Edwards Deming
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