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The greatest losses are unknown and unknowable.
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
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Eliminate slogans, exhortations, and targets for the work force asking for zero defects and new levels of productivity. Such exhortations only create adversarial relationships, as the bulk of the causes of low quality and low productivity belong to the system and thus lie beyond the power of the work force
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When a worker has reached a stable state, further training will not help him.
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People need to know how their job contributes.
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A goal without a method is nonsense.
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Learning is not compulsory it's voluntary. Improvement is not compulsory it's voluntary. But to survive, we must learn.
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...the most important things we need to manage can't be measured.
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The main difference between service and manufacturing is the service department doesn't know that they have a product.
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If someone can make a contribution to the company he feels important.
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It is a mistake to assume that if everybody does his job, it will be all right. The whole system may be in trouble.
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To manage one must lead. To lead, one must understand the work that he and his people are responsible for
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Information is not knowledge. Let's not confuse the two.
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Management does not know what a system is.
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