9 Quotes by Joseph M. Juran

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    Without a standard there is no logical basis for making a decision or taking action.

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    Quality planning consists of developing the products and processes required to meet customer’s needs.

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    It is most important that top management be quality-minded. In the absence of sincere manifestation of interest at the top, little will happen below.

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    Pareto’s Principle: you generally spend 80% of your time on 20% of the project.

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    All improvement happens project by project and in no other way.

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    For many phenomena, 80% of consequences stem from 20% of the causes.

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    What I want to do has no end, since I am on the endless frontier of a branch of knowledge.

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    Observing many companies in action, I am unable to point to a single instance in which stunning results were gotten without the active and personal leadership of the upper managers.

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    Goal setting has traditionally been based on past performance. This practice has tended to perpetuate the sins of the past.

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