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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
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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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A manager of people knows that in this stable state it is distracting to tell the worker about a mistake.
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Nobody should try to use data unless he has collected data.
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A man who knows not his limitations is of no use to anyone.
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It is wrong to suppose that if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it – a costly myth
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The transformation will come from leadership.
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Two basic rules of life are: 1) Change is inevitable. 2) Everybody resists change.
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You can see from a flow diagram who depends on you and whom you can depend on. You can now take joy in your work.
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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.
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In God we trust all others bring data.
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Anyone that enjoys his work is a pleasure to work with.
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Everyone is a customer for somebody, or a supplier to somebody.
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