Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
Improve constantly and forever the system of production and service, to improve quality and productivity, and thus constantly decrease costs.
W. Edwards Deming
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
W. Edwards Deming
Age: 93 †
Born: 1900
Born: October 18
Died: 1993
Died: December 20
Composer
Economist
Engineer
Industrial Engineer
Statistician
University Teacher
Sioux City
Iowa
William Edwards Deming
W.E. Deming
W. E. Deming
Cost
Productivity
System
Costs
Forever
Production
Quality
Improve
Productions
Thus
Constantly
Service
Decrease
More quotes by W. Edwards Deming
You can not define being exactly on time.
W. Edwards Deming
Learning is not compulsory it's voluntary... But to survive, we must learn.
W. Edwards Deming
Meeting specifications is not enough.
W. Edwards Deming
Monetary rewards are not a substitute for intrinsic motivation.
W. Edwards Deming
Plants don't close from poor workmanship, but from poor management.
W. Edwards Deming
I think that people here expect miracles. American management thinks that they can just copy from Japan - but they don't know what to copy!
W. Edwards Deming
A leader must have knowledge. A leader must be able to teach.
W. Edwards Deming
Nothing happens without personal transformation.
W. Edwards Deming
People are entitled to joy in work.
W. Edwards Deming
Long-term commitment to new learning and new philosophy is required of any management that seeks transformation. The timid and the fainthearted, and the people that expect quick results, are doomed to disappointment.
W. Edwards Deming
It only takes a little innovation.
W. Edwards Deming
Divide responsibility and nobody is responsible.
W. Edwards Deming
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
We are here to learn, to make a difference and to have fun.
W. Edwards Deming
Management does not know what a system is.
W. Edwards Deming
A goal without a method is nonsense.
W. Edwards Deming
Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
W. Edwards Deming
There is no knowledge without theory.
W. Edwards Deming
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
You can only elevate individual performance by elevating that of the entire system.
W. Edwards Deming
