"The various segments of the system of profound knowledge proposed here cannot be separated. They interact with each other. Thus, knowledge of psychology is incomplete without knowledge of variation."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Businesspeople from the United StatesEducators from the United StatesMathematicians from the United StatesStatisticiansBusiness theorists from the United States
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Imported from EN Wikiquote
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/W._Edwards_Deming
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
W. Edwards Deming
William Edwards Deming (October 14, 1900 – December 20, 1993) was an American statistician, college professor, author, lecturer, and consultant, known for his work in the field of quality management.
37 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by W. Edwards Deming →
Related Quotes
"Without data, you're just another person with an opinion."
"That's all window dressing. That's not fundamental. That's not getting at change and the transformation that must tak…"
"The worker is not the problem. The problem is at the top! Management!"
"Learning is not compulsory; it's voluntary. Improvement is not compulsory; it's voluntary. But to survive, we must le…"
"Blame the process, not the people."
"They realized that the gains that you get by statistical methods are gains that you get without new machinery, withou…"
"I think that people here expect miracles. American management thinks that they can just copy from Japan—but they don'…"
"In Europe and in America, people are now more interested in the cost of quality and in systems of quality-audit. But …"
"Defects are not free. Somebody makes them, and gets paid for making them."
"Uncontrolled variation is the enemy of quality."