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“Eliminate slogans, exhortations, and targets for the work force asking for zero defects and new levels of productivity. Such exhortations only create adversarial relationships, as the bulk of the causes of low quality and low productivity belong to the system and thus lie beyond the power of the work force”

Lying Force Causes Levels Quality Lows Asking Safety Productivity Target Zero Defects Slogans Zero Defects

Book:The Essential Deming: Leadership Principles from the Father of Quality

Source: The Essential Deming: Leadership Principles from the Father of Quality

“In some organizations, it is easy to say mistakes are okay when in truth it is a zero-defect organization. You will be remembered more for your mistakes than your successes in those organizations.”

Easy Mistake Okay Organization Remembered Zero Defects Zero Defects

Author:John Daly

“Zero defects is a super highway going down the tube.”

Management Zero Defects Highways Tubes Zero Defects

Author:W. Edwards Deming

“Let us think about 'zero-defect and zero effect'. Zero defect in production with no adverse effect on the environment.”

Thinking Powerful Environment Effects Productions Zero Defects Adverse Adverse Effects Zero Defects

Author:Narendra Modi

“Being convinced one knows the whole story is the surest way to fail.”

Knows Way Whole Stories Failing Failure Convinced Zero Defects

Author:Phil Crosby

“If I say I've got two versions of Word - that old one from 1982 that's perfect, with zero defects; or the new one that's got all this cool new stuff, but there might be a few bugs in it - people always want the new one. But I wouldn't want them to operate a plane I was on with software that happened to be the latest greatest release!”

People Ifs Want Two Might Stuff Perfect Happened Versions Release Planes Zero Software Defects Bugs New Stuff Zero Defects

Author:Nathan Myhrvold

“For Quality: Stamp out fires, automate, computerize, M.B.O., install merit pay, rank people, best efforts, zero defects. WRONG!!!! Missing ingredient: profound knowledge.”

People Effort Pay Quality Knowledge Fire Missing Management Profound Merit Zero Ingredients Defects Stamps Best Effort Zero Defects

Author:W. Edwards Deming

“The reality is that zero defects in products plus zero pollution plus zero risk on the job is equivalent to maximum growth of government plus zero economic growth plus runaway inflation.”

Reality Government Jobs Growth Risk Economic Products Plus Zero Pollution Defects Inflation Maximum Economic Growth Runaway Zero Defects

Author:Dixie Lee Ray

“In a true zero-defects approach, there are no unimportant items.”

Approach Zero Defects Items Unimportant Zero Defects

Author:Phil Crosby