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We are here for an education.

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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Economist
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Industrial Engineer
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University Teacher
Sioux City
Iowa
William Edwards Deming
W.E. Deming
W. E. Deming
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Mere allocation of huge sums of money for quality will not bring quality.
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You can not hear what you do not understand.
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The customer is the most important part of the production line.
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A system must be managed. It will not manage itself.
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Eighty-five percent of the reasons for failure are deficiencies in the systems and process rather than the employee. The role of management is to change the process rather than badgering individuals to do better.
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You have to manage a system. The system doesn't manage itself.
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People care more for themselves when they contribute to the system.
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Divide responsibility and nobody is responsible.
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We want best efforts guided by theory.
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I am not reporting things about people. I am reporting things about practices.
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Any two people have different ideas of what is important.
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A committee appointed by the President of a company will report what the President wishes to hear. Would they dare report otherwise?.
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One cannot be successful on visible figures alone ... the most important figures that one needs for management are unknown or unknowable, but successful management must nevertheless take account of them.
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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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The aim of education should be to preserve and nurture the yearning for learning that a child is born with.
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A leader must have knowledge. A leader must be able to teach.
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It's not enough to do your best you must know what to do & then do your best.
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It's management's job to know.
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3% of the problems have figures, 97% of the problems do not.
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Without theory, there are no questions.
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