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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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.

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

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

You can not define being exactly on time.

You can not define being exactly on time.

Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.

Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.

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.

Lack of knowledge... that is the problem

Lack of knowledge... that is the problem

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

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

Quality is everyone's responsibility.

Quality is everyone's responsibility.

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...

Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.

Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.

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...

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.

Innovation comes from the producer - not from the customer.

Innovation comes from the producer - not from the customer.

Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.

Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.

Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!

Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!

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.

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

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

Any manager can do well in an expanding market.

Any manager can do well in an expanding market.