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Deming Cooperative Puzzle

ACROSS

1. Statistics on accidents show figures, not root ______.
5. Tests of components cannot provide the type and cost of ___________ that will be required in service.
8. No system, whatever be the effort put into it, will be free of _________.
9. Due care in manufacture cannot be defined _____________, hence any requirement of due care can have no legal force.
10. There is no such thing as arrival _______ on time.
11. The purpose of a sign along the road should be to ____ the stranger to find his way.

DOWN

1. Accidents that arise from ______ causes will continue to happen with their expected frequency and variations until the system is corrected.
2. The problem is to discover whether the cause of an unfavorable outcome lies in the system, or may be ascribed to some _______ cause.
3. Performance can be judged only by statistical study of __________ records.
4. __________ performance of service would reduce the cost of living.
6. Tests of components cannot provide assurance that they will work ________ satisfactorily as a system in service.
7. Tests of components cannot provide the average run between _______ of the system.

(if you get stuck, see Chapter Seventeen of Out of the Crisis)
The Deming Cooperative Puzzle





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