You can not define being exactly on time.

Quote by W Edwards Deming

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Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.

Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.

We are here to make another world.

We are here to make another world.

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.

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.

The emphasis should be on why we do a job.

The emphasis should be on why we do a job.

Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.

Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.

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...

Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.

Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.

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

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

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

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

Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.

Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.

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...

We are here to make another world.

We are here to make another world.

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.

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

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

Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!

Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!

Innovation comes from the producer - not from the customer.

Innovation comes from the producer - not from the customer.

Lack of knowledge... that is the problem

Lack of knowledge... that is the problem