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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
William Edwards Deming
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For Quality: Stamp out fires, automate, computerize, M.B.O., install merit pay, rank people, best efforts, zero defects. WRONG!!!! Missing ingredient: profound knowledge.
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In God we trust all others bring data.
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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.
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Learning is not compulsory it's voluntary... But to survive, we must learn.
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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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The job can't be finished only improved to please the customer.
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Quality is everyone's responsibility.
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A rule should suit the purpose.
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Transformation is not automatic. It must be learned it must be led.
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The prevailing style of management must undergo transformation. A system can not understand itself. The transformation requires a view from outside.
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Forces of Destruction: grades in school, merit system, incentive pay, business plans, quotas.
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There is no economy in having one operation produce a part and another separate the good ones from the bad ones.
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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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