Deming Quotes Communication Break down barriers between departments. People in research, design, sales and production must work as a team, to foresee problems of production and in use that may be encountered with the product or service. Definition: Encourage cross-departmental collaboration among people in research, design, sales and production to continuously provide products that meet customer requirements and serve customers. Competition (1) Economists are leading us down the wrong path. They tell us that fierce competition is the solution. We worry about increasing market share and we try to kill off colleagues in the same industry, instead of making better products. Definition: The best way to win is to replace competition with cooperation and work together to create high-quality products and serve customers. Competition (2) Competition leads to loss, people pull in opposite direction on a rope, they go nowhere. Explanation: Competition results in victory or defeat, cooperation results in win-win, so we should think in terms of cooperation. With this mindset, the relationship between buyers and sellers in the market has changed significantly. According to data, \"There is a new trend of cooperation between buyers and suppliers. 92% of the important parts that will be needed in the next three to four years have been developed by a team composed of suppliers, designers, engineers, purchasing, manufacturing, and sales departments.\" Customers (1) Customers are the most important part of the production line; without them, there is no production line. Quality improvement covers the entire production line: from incoming materials to delivery to customers, and redesign of future products and services. Definition: Everything about production/service should be customer-oriented. This is best illustrated by Deming\'s famous flow chart of the entire production system from incoming materials to the customer. Customers (2) \"Price\" has no meaning except in terms of the quality of the product. But that is not enough. Good and uniform quality have no meaning except with reference to the customer\'s needs. Definition: Everything should be customer-oriented. Products should be manufactured and priced from the customer\'s point of view. He pointed out that \"the difficulty in defining quality lies in converting the future needs of the user into measurable characteristics, designing the product accordingly, and generating a price that the customer is willing to pay.\" Education (1) I find a general fear of education. People are afraid to take a course. It might not be the right one. My advice is take it. Find the right one later. . . .You never know what could be used, what could be needed. He that thinks he has to be practical is not going to be here very long. Who knows what is practical? Help people to improve. I mean everybody. Definition: To get an education, to enrich wisdom, to make improvements is the pragmatic way. Deming pointed out: \"To gain a competitive advantage, we must be rooted in knowledge...Everyone has the responsibility to rebuild Western industry. We all need new education, and managers must start over.\" Education (2) Establish a vigorous programme of education and self-improvement for everyone. Definition: Leaders should be able to guide their subordinates to learn, and establish an environment for continuous learning and provide them with the necessary resources. Training Establish an on-the-job training system. Definition: Use new concepts and new methods to carry out on-the-job training for employees. Training should start from the management level. The content of training should focus on understanding each \"process\" and its \"variation\" from input to delivery to customers, and teach employees the tools and techniques they need to work, so that they can use new technologies and new tools to solve problems at work. Evaluation Most of us believe that if we don\'t evaluate you, you won\'t be motivated to do a better job; so we question you, measure you, compare you with others and try to rank you. Instead, we need to improve self-esteem, enjoy our work and be proud of what we do, so we should encourage people to innovate and contribute to their work. Most of us assume that if we don\'t evaluate you,you won\'t be motivated to work better. So we interview and measure you, compare you to others, and try to place you in a ranking. Instead we need to promote self-esteem, joy in work and pride in what we do, so that we encourage people to innovate and contribute to the job. If we destroy you, you are humiliated. Ranking you destroys you. ) Explanation: The effectiveness of the interaction between the system and the people can affect work performance by 90%-95%. People work in the system and cannot change the system, but their performance should be evaluated and ranked accordingly. Isn\'t it unfair? \"Respect for the individual\" is the most important item in Deming\'s philosophy, so there is a view that it should not be measured and rated. Fear (1) Fear causes great damage. It is everywhere, taking away people\'s pride, hurting them, and depriving them of the opportunity to contribute to the company. It is hard to believe what will happen when you don\'t let go of fear. Fear takes a horrible toll. Fear is all around, robbing people of their pride, hurting them, robbing them of a chance to contribute to the company. It is unbelievable what happens when you unloose fear. Definition: Employees will perform well only when they feel safe in their work environment. Fear can make people afraid to take on tasks for fear of making mistakes, or cover up their mistakes for fear of being blamed, thus limiting their opportunities to realize their potential. Unless employees feel secure in their jobs, they will find it difficult to work hard. Fear (2) Where there is fear, there will be wrong figures. Definition: Where there is fear, there will be wrong figures. For fear of being blamed, people often use false figures to cover up the truth and evade responsibility. Improvement (1) The only reason to conduct an experiment is to improve the process, improve the quality and the number of operations next time or the harvest next year. Improvement (2) A healthy, well-run company is in the best position to improve its management, products, and services, and in so doing contributes to its own economic well-being and that of the rest of us. It is also the one with the greatest obligation to improve. Definition: The best time to make improvements is when the business is in its best condition. You cannot wait until the organization\'s operating conditions deteriorate. That is like putting out a fire. A wise man would not do that. You should do it when the organization is in good condition. That is like fire prevention. A wise man should do that. Improvement (3) \"Firefighting\" is not improvement. Finding the point of loss of control, finding the specific cause and removing it is just bringing the process back to where it was before. It is not an improvement of the process. (Putting out fires is not improvement. Finding a point out of control, finding the special cause and removing, is only putting the process back to where it was in the first place. It is not improvement of the process.) Explanation: Eliminating out-of-control points is only a temporary solution. Improvement should focus on design and process. Continuous improvement of quality or system is the fundamental solution. Improvement (4) We\'re losing ground because what we are doing is wrong, even though we work very hard and give our best effort.) Explanation: The reason for the mistake is to miss the point and not know that design quality, process quality and system quality are the right way to improve. Joy in work I love my job. It is interesting to me. I hope that American managers can continue to learn and grow. I am willing to continue to learn and share with them. - Deming\'s answer when asked why he spent five to seven days a week traveling, teaching, consulting and providing four days of seminars to hundreds of enthusiastic students. (I love my work. It\'s fun for me. I wish American management to keep learning and growing and I wish to keep learning and sharing with them. When asked why he spends five to seven days per week traveling, teaching, consulting and giving 4-day seminars to hundreds of enthusiastic students, this was Dr. Deming\'s reply.) Explanation: Deming was a person who enjoyed his work and took pride in his craft. His disciple WW Scherkenbach once said, \"I think if we want to sum up Deming\'s philosophy in one sentence, it should be: \"Achieve the joy of autonomy through the joy of craftsmanship.\" Moreover, he took it as his responsibility to save the American economy, and he became more determined as he aged, so he said this.
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