Joseph M. Juran Professions : Engineer Born : December 24, 1904 Died : February 28, 2008 Browse All Authors Top 11 quotes by Joseph M. Juran Without a standard there is no logical basis for making a decision or taking action. Joseph M. Juran logical decision action 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. Joseph M. Juran top-management quality important Quality planning consists of developing the products and processes required to meet customer's needs Joseph M. Juran planning quality needs All improvement happens project by project and in no other way. Joseph M. Juran projects improvement way ...every successful quality revolution has included the participation of upper management. We know of no exceptions. Joseph M. Juran quality revolution successful Goal setting has traditionally been based on past performance. This practice has tended to perpetuate the sins of the past. Joseph M. Juran goal practice past What I want to do has no end, since I am on the endless frontier of a branch of knowledge. Joseph M. Juran branches ends want For many phenomena, 80% of consequences stem from 20% of the causes. Joseph M. Juran programming stem causes A good rule in organizational analysis is that no meeting of the minds is really reached until we talk of specific actions or decisions. We can talk of who is responsible for budgets, or inventory, or quality, but little is settled. It is only when we get down to the action words-measure, compute, prepare, check, endorse, recommend, approve-that we can make clear who is to do what. Joseph M. Juran quality decision mind Pareto's Principle: you generally spend 80% of your time on 20% of the project. Joseph M. Juran projects principles 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. Joseph M. Juran stunning results action Similar Authors Alan Mulally engineer Bruce White engineer Augustin-Jean Fresnel engineer Arthur Rudolph engineer Aron Ralston engineer Anousheh Ansari engineer All Authors
