Bases Quote by Masaaki Imai

Without standards, there can be no improvement.

— Taiichi Ohno

“Standardization Is the Basis for Continuous Improvement and Quality”

— Jeffrey K. Liker

It is impossible to improve any process until it is standardized. If the process is shifting from here to there, then any improvement will…

— Masaaki Imai

If you think of standardization as the best that you know today, but which is to be improved tomorrow; you get somewhere.

— Henry Ford

The Standard ... is the standard.

— Mike Tomlin

“The correct definition of the word standard is "a required or agreed-upon level of quality or attainment." If that is true, and the definition…

— Andy Andrews

“Standards make it easier to reuse ideas and components, recruit people with relevant experience, encapsulate good ideas, and wire components together. However, the process…

— Robert C. Martin

As has been said, standards are always out of date - that is why we call them standards.

— George Will

Standards are always out of date. That's what makes them standards.

— Alan Bennett

Standardization does not produce although admirable as an efficiency method.

— Reginald Fessenden

Always set for higher standards

— Idk

“Standards are just the most accepted ways of doing things. They're usually unquestioned, not challenged, not the most efficient, and not the best way…

— Rick Otton