W Edwards Deming Quotes

In God we trust; all others keep data.

Without data, you’re just another person with an opinion.

Learning is not compulsory… neither is survival.

If you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing.

It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and then do your best.

A bad system will defeat a good person every time.

Without managing, things flounder; without leading, things go nowhere.

You can’t inspect quality into a product; it is already there.

Change is not necessary; survival is not mandatory.

Innovation comes from the producer, not from the customer.

Profit in business comes from repeat customers.

Nobody learns anything by being told; they have to find out for themselves.

All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.

The greatest waste in America is not what we throw out, but what we keep.

Quality is everyone’s responsibility.

The consumer is the most important part of the production line.

You don’t have to change. Survival is not mandatory.

A company could put a top man at every position and be swallowed by a competitor with people only half as good, but who are working together.

The aim of leadership should be to improve the performance of man and machine.

If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.

To manage a system effectively, you might focus on the interactions of the parts rather than their behavior taken separately.

W Edwards Deming Quotes part 2

Without continuous progress and improvement, there can be no management of quality.

Improve constantly, and forever the system of production and service.

Innovation comes from the producer, not the customer.

Mass production thinking must be challenged at all levels.

You will break loose from running with the pack, and develop new methods that nobody ever dreamed of.

A manager of people needs to understand that all people are different.

In this new economic competitive system, management’s responsibility should be to see that everybody may gain by his work.

The worker is the most important part of the process.

The customer is the most important part of the production line.

There is nothing worse than doing the wrong things efficiently.

Quality is everyone’s responsibility.

The customer is the most important part of the production line.

It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and then do your best.

You don’t have to change. Survival is not mandatory.

Haste and unreasonable demands are the cause of many faults.

Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.

You do not need to change. Survival is not mandatory.

The most important things cannot be measured.

The most important source of improvement is the customer.

Quality does not mean luxury. It means quality.

Learning is not compulsory. Neither is survival.

Cease dependence on mass inspection to achieve quality. Improve the process and build quality into the product in the first place.

The greatest waste in America is failure to use the abilities of people.

An atmosphere of joy in work is necessary for continuous improvement.