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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
W. E. Deming
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Knowledge is theory. We should be thankful if action of management is based on theory. Knowledge has temporal spread. Information is not knowledge. The world is drowning in information but is slow in acquisition of knowledge. There is no substitute for knowledge.
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Eliminate slogans, exhortations, and targets for the work force asking for zero defects and new levels of productivity. Such exhortations only create adversarial relationships, as the bulk of the causes of low quality and low productivity belong to the system and thus lie beyond the power of the work force
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Without theory there is nothing to modify or learn.
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Nobody should try to use data unless he has collected data.
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3% of the problems have figures, 97% of the problems do not.
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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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Confusing common causes with special causes will only make things worse.
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It is important that an aim never be defined in terms of activity or methods. It must always relate directly to how life is better for everyone. . . . The aim of the system must be clear to everyone in the system. The aim must include plans for the future. The aim is a value judgment.
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You can expect what you inspect.
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We have to bring back the individual. Management has smothered the individual.
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You can not hear what you do not understand.
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We are here to make another world.
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A bad system will beat a good person every time.
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Many people in management are being paid to produce waste.
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A rule should suit the purpose.
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All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.
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To manage one must lead. To lead, one must understand the work that he and his people are responsible for
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No requirement of industry is so much neglected as operational definitions.
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Innovation comes from the producer - not from the customer.
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We are here to learn, to make a difference and to have fun.
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