Quote by Thomas Newkirk

“Standardization Is the Basis for Continuous Improvement and Quality”

— Jeffrey K. Liker

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

— Henry Ford

“Standards only move in one direction. At the beginning of the world, standards were established and they've been slipping ever since.”

— Edward Stevenson

I think standardization is really the first step to something being commodified.

— Chuck Palahniuk

“The desire for excellence becomes a reality when an individual sets a standard, reach it and surpass it consistently.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

“The good thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from.”

— Andrew S. Tanenbaum

“Too often our standard is less an adherence to a standard and more the elimination of one.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“The quality of an individual is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.”

— Ray Kroc

“Excellence is to keep beating your own standards every day. If you don't have a standard for yourself, you have no records to beat;…

— Israelmore Ayivor

Where there is no standard, there can be no improvement. For these reasons, standards are the basis for both maintenance and improvement

— Masaaki Imai

“Purity is the hallmark of perfect standards.”

— Sravani Saha Nakhro

“Excellence comes from an internal standard that asks, “How can I deliver beyond what’s expected?”

— Brendon Burchard