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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
W.E. Deming
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One need not be eminent in any part of profound knowledge in order to understand it and to apply it. The various segments of the system of profound knowledge cannot be separated. They interact with each other. For example knowledge about psychology is incomplete without knowledge of variation.
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A goal without a method is nonsense.
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There is very little evidence that we give a hoot about profit.
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It is not enough that top management commit themselves for life to quality and productivity. They must know what it is that they are committed to - that is, what they must do. These obligations cannot be delegated. Support is not enough action is required.
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People copy examples and then they wonder what is the trouble. They look at examples and without theory they learn nothing.
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You can not plan to make a discovery. You do not plan innovation.
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The main difference between service and manufacturing is the service department doesn't know that they have a product.
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Without questions, there is no learning.
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You have to manage a system. The system doesn't manage itself.
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Manage the cause, not the result.
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When a worker has reached a stable state, further training will not help him.
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If someone can make a contribution to the company he feels important.
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The emphasis should be on why we do a job.
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Without theory there is nothing to modify or learn.
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All models are wrong some models are useful.
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Confusing common causes with special causes will only make things worse.
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Nobody goes to work to do a bad job.
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Let us ask our suppliers to come and help us to solve our problems.
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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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The greatest waste … is failure to use the abilities of people…to learn about their frustrations and about the contributions that they are eager to make.
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