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Kaoru Ishikawa Quotes

Quality control starts and ends with training.

Quality control starts and ends with training.

Kaoru Ishikawa
Training, Quality, Ends

Failure is the seed of success

Kaoru Ishikawa
Seeds
Kaoru Ishikawa (1990). “Introduction to Quality Control”, Productivity Press

The ideas of control and improvements are often confused with one another. This is because quality control and quality improvement are inseparable.

Kaoru Ishikawa
Confused, Ideas, Quality

As much as 95% of quality related problems in the factory can be solved with seven fundamental quantitative tools.

Kaoru Ishikawa
Quality, Tools, Fundamentals

In management, the first concern of the company is the happiness of people who are connected with it. If the people do not feel happy and cannot be made happy, that company does not deserve to exist.

Kaoru Ishikawa
People, Doe, Firsts
"Quality Management Systems: A Practical Guide". Book by Howard S Gitlow, p.3, 2000.

As with many other things, there is a surprising amount of prejudice against quality control, but the proof of the pudding is still in the eating.

Kaoru Ishikawa
Quality, Prejudice, Pudding
Kaoru Ishikawa (1990). “Introduction to Quality Control”, Productivity Press

Quality control is applicable to any kind of enterprise. In fact, it must be applied in every enterprise.

Kaoru Ishikawa
Quality, Facts, Kind
Kaoru Ishikawa (1990). “Introduction to Quality Control”, Productivity Press

When you see data, doubt [them]! When you see measurements, doubt them!

Kaoru Ishikawa
Data, Risk, Doubt

Quality control which cannot show results is not quality control. Let us engage in QC which makes so much money for the company that we do not know what to do with it.

Kaoru Ishikawa
Quality, Results, Shows

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