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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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Stamping out fires is a lot of fun, but it is only putting things back the way they were.
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You have to manage a system. The system doesn't manage itself.
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The aim should be to work on the method of management.
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Without theory there is nothing to modify or learn.
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Each system is perfectly designed to give you exactly what you are getting today.
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