If you don't understand how to run an efficient operation, new machinery will just give you new problems of operation and maintenance. The sure way to increase productivity is to better administrate man and machine. Read Summary
My mother was my biggest role model. She taught me to hate waste. We never wasted anything. Read Summary
You can not define being exactly on time. Read Summary
A bad system will beat a good person every time. Read Summary
The system is that there is no system. That doesn't mean we don't have process. Apple is a very disciplined company, and we have great processes. But that's not what it's about. Process makes you more efficient. Read Summary
Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall. Read Summary
They didn't want it good, they wanted it Wednesday. Read Summary
There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all. Read Summary
The most efficient way to produce anything is to bring together under one management as many as possible of the activities needed to turn out the product. Read Summary
Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things. Read Summary
Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces. Read Summary
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself. Read Summary
I have proved by actual trial that a letter, that takes an hour to write, takes only about 3 minutes to read! Read Summary
If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over? Read Summary
When you hurry you're more apt to make mistakes. But you have to be quick. If you're not quick you can't get things done. Read Summary
There is one way to have a short but exciting conversation with me, and that is to move too slow. Read Summary
The best customer service is if the customer doesn't need to call you, doesn't need to talk to you. It just works. Read Summary
A life of stasis would be population control, combined with energy rationing. That is the stasis world that you live in if you stay. And even with improvements in efficiency, you'll still have to ration energy. That, to me, doesn't sound like a very exciting civilization for our grandchildren's grandchildren to live in. Read Summary
The idea flow from the human spirit is absolutely unlimited. All you have to do is tap into that well. I don't like to use the word efficiency. It's creativity. It's a belief that every person counts. Read Summary
Short cuts make long delays. Read Summary