Declining productivity and quality means your unit production costs stay high but you don't have as much to sell. Your workers don't want to be paid less, so to maintain profits, you increase your prices. That's inflation.
More Quotes by W. Edwards Deming
The prevailing - and foolish - attitude is that a good manager can be a good manager anywhere, with no special knowledge of the production process he's managing. A man with a financial background may know nothing about manufacturing shoes or cars, but he's put in charge anyway.
It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and then do your best.
A bad system will beat a good person every time.
Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.
Quality is everyone's responsibility.
Quality is pride of workmanship.