A manager of people needs to understand that all people are different. This is not ranking people. He needs to understand that… — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
Cease dependence on inspection to achieve quality. Eliminate the need for inspection on a mass basis by building quality into the product… — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
A leader knows who is outside of the system and needs special help. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
...the most important things we need to manage can't be measured. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
One cannot be successful on visible figures alone ... the most important figures that one needs for management are unknown or unknowable,… — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
One need not be eminent in any part of profound knowledge in order to understand it and to apply it. The various… — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
What we need to do is learn to work in the system, by which I mean that everybody, every team, every platform,… — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
Foremost is the principle that the purpose of consumer research is to understand the customer's needs and wishes, and thus design product… — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
The moral is that it is necssary to innovate, to predict the needs of the customers, and give him more. He that… — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
Absence of defects does not necessarily build business... Something more is required. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
In Japan, a company worker's position is secure. He is retrained for another job if his present job is eliminated by productivity improvement. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
It is a mistake to assume that if everybody does his job, it will be all right. The whole system may be in trouble. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
The only useful function of a statistician is to make predictions, and thus to provide a basis for action. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
Sub-optimization is when everyone is for himself. Optimization is when everyone is working to help the company. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
A manager of people needs to understand that all people are different. This is not ranking people. He needs to understand that the performance… — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
