Do It Right the First Time

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In a message dated 8/31/00 10:44:49 AM Central Daylight Time, 
den.list-d-request@deming.ces.clemson.edu writes:

<< 
 Tom Dulce wrote:
 
 <<Or are we talking about different approaches to production?
 1. Make a bunch of stuff and weed out the defects.
 2. Make it right the first time.>>
 
 If I am not mistaken Dr D. was against "do-it-right-first-time".  (I do not
 have a copy of OOTC on my desk).   I have not come to understand exactly
 why.  I have seen on many occasion that there is never time to do it right,
 but always time to do it over.  Now certainly it is a lot cheaper to do it
 rght than to do it over.  As a matter of fact I do not think there is a
 cheaper way to do anything than to do it right the first time.  I would like
 to hear  from other subscribers about the "do-it-right-first-time":
 
 1.    Was Dr.D against it?
 2.    If so Why?
 
 Ian >>
Hi Ian. Dr. Deming was not against doing something right the first time. He 
was against exhortations and slogans implying that something could be done 
right the first time in a poor system. Unfortunately, some managers fall prey 
to using slogans rather than theory and method. 

Cliff Norman
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