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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
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The transformation will come from leadership.
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Monetary rewards are not a substitute for intrinsic motivation.
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You can expect what you inspect.
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Sub-optimization is when everyone is for himself. Optimization is when everyone is working to help the company.
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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 bad system will beat a good person every time.
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