Aim Quote by W. Edwards Deming

Quality comes not from inspection, but from improvement of the production process.

— W. Edwards Deming

We cannot rely on mass inspection to improve quality, though there are times when 100 percent inspection is necessary. As Harold S. Dodge said…

— W. Edwards Deming

Cease dependence on inspection to achieve quality. Eliminate the need for inspection on a mass basis by building quality into the product in the…

— W. Edwards Deming

Quality is first engineered; only then it is inspected

— J. R. D. Tata

Cleanliness is the Hallmark of perfect standards and the best quality inspector is the conscience

— J. R. D. Tata

You cannot inspect quality into the product; it is already there.

— W. Edwards Deming

The surest foundation of a manufacturing concern is quality. After that, and a long way after, comes cost.

— Andrew Carnegie

You are able to monitor and police your standards of quality once you have defined them.

— John Kao

A failure will not appear until a unit has passed final inspection.

— Arthur Bloch

“repaired or replaced if the goods fail to be of acceptable”

— Amazon

The cost of quality is the expense of doing things wrong.

— Phil Crosby

“Any process can be improved. Defects that are invisible to the knowledgeable may be obvious to newcomers. The simplest solutions are the best. Repeating”

— Brad Stone