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

Quote by W Edwards Deming

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Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!

Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!

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,...

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.

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,...

Any manager can do well in an expanding market.

Any manager can do well in an expanding market.

Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.

Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.

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

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

The emphasis should be on why we do a job.

The emphasis should be on why we do a job.

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...

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.

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.

Lack of knowledge... that is the problem

Lack of knowledge... that is the problem

Quality is everyone's responsibility.

Quality is everyone's responsibility.

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

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

If you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know what...

If you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know what...

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

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

They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself

They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself

Those who know the truth are not equal to those who love it

Those who know the truth are not equal to those who love it

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far...

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far...