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You can not achieve an aim unless you have a method.
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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Experience by itself teaches nothing... Without theory, experience has no meaning. Without theory, one has no questions to ask. Hence, without theory, there is no learning.
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We want best efforts guided by theory.
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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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Monetary rewards are not a substitute for intrinsic motivation.
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Confusing common causes with special causes will only make things worse.
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We are being ruined by the best efforts of people who are doing the wrong thing.
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The biggest cost of poor quality is when your customer buys it from someone else because they didn't like yours.
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The average American worker has fifty interruptions a day, of which seventy percent have nothing to do with work.
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Quality is made in the board room. A worker can deliver lower quality, but she cannot deliver quality better than the system allow.
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Quality starts in the boardroom.
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You should not ask questions without knowledge.
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Innovation comes from people who take joy in their work.
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Hard work and best efforts will not by themselves dig us out of the pit.
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People learn in different ways: reading, listening, pictures, watching.
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Knowledge is the key.
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Management's job is to optimize the whole system.
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