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All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.
W. Edwards Deming
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W. Edwards Deming
Age: 93 †
Born: 1900
Born: October 18
Died: 1993
Died: December 20
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Sioux City
Iowa
William Edwards Deming
W.E. Deming
W. E. Deming
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A committee appointed by the President of a company will report what the President wishes to hear. Would they dare report otherwise?.
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Management by results - like driving a car by looking in rear view mirror.
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To copy is to invite disaster.
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We are being ruined by the best efforts of people who are doing the wrong thing.
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Foremost is the principle that the purpose of consumer research is to understand the customer's needs and wishes, and thus design product and service that will provide better living for him in the future. A second principle is that no one can guess the future loss of business from a dissatisfied customer.
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A leader is a coach, not a judge.
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There is no knowledge without theory.
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No one can measure the loss of business that may arise from a defective item that goes out to a customer.
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Mere allocation of huge sums of money for quality will not bring quality.
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Judging people does not help them.
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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.
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Put a good person in a bad system and the bad system wins, no contest.
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People need to know how their job contributes.
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You can not hear what you do not understand.
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