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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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.

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,...

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,...

You can not define being exactly on time.

You can not define being exactly on time.

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...

We are here to make another world.

We are here to make another world.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Lack of knowledge... that is the problem

Lack of knowledge... that is the problem

Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.

Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.

Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.

Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.

Quality is everyone's responsibility.

Quality is everyone's responsibility.

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...

You should not ask questions without knowledge

You should not ask questions without knowledge

Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.

Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.

Any manager can do well in an expanding market.

Any manager can do well in an expanding market.

The emphasis should be on why we do a job.

The emphasis should be on why we do a job.