Ifs Quote by W. Edwards Deming Download Open image “It is wrong to suppose that if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it – a costly myth” — W. Edwards Deming ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Ifs Inspirational Love Manage Myth
If you can't measure it, you probably can't manage it Things you measure tend to improve. — Ed Seykota Copy Share Image
Just because you can measure everything doesn't mean that you should. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
...the most important things we need to manage can't be measured. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
There are many things that you can't measure. But the great fun of what I do for a living is figuring out ways to… — Bill James Copy Share Image
It is really just as bad technique to make a measurement more accurately than is necessary as it is to make it not accurately… — Arthur David Ritchie 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
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