All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.

Quote by W Edwards Deming

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Lack of knowledge... that is the problem

Lack of knowledge... that is the problem

Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!

Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!

It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.

It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.

Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.

Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.

It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.

It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.

The emphasis should be on why we do a job.

The emphasis should be on why we do a job.

If you do not know how to ask the right question, you discover nothing.

If you do not know how to ask the right question, you discover nothing.

Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service,...

Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service,...

Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.

Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.

The average American worker has fifty interruptions a day, of which seventy percent have nothing...

The average American worker has fifty interruptions a day, of which seventy percent have nothing...

Quality is everyone's responsibility.

Quality is everyone's responsibility.

It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and...

It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and...

Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.

Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.

Any manager can do well in an expanding market.

Any manager can do well in an expanding market.

When a system is stable, telling the worker about mistakes is only tampering.

When a system is stable, telling the worker about mistakes is only tampering.

The result of long-term relationships is better and better quality, and lower and lower costs.

The result of long-term relationships is better and better quality, and lower and lower costs.

Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.

Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.

Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.

Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.

We are here to make another world.

We are here to make another world.

You can not define being exactly on time.

You can not define being exactly on time.