Variability Quotes

Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of mercury in a barometer, indicate little else than the variability of the weather. - David Hare

Restricting genetic variability would lead to more health problems. Eventually, there should be very few Persians born with PKD, something that will bring peace of mind to pet owners. Pet owners who have Persians now can also get them screened for the gene and learn more about the disease. - Susan Little

Our method can be used for any process that has variability, like a multi-stage supply chain, manufacturing process or a quality-improvement project. - Alfred Guiffrida

Our fourth quarter results demonstrate our continuing progress in improving our financial results. Although fourth quarter revenue was lower than the previous quarter reflecting variability in customer order patterns, we achieved 21% growth over the comparable period last year, the result of important new program and new customer wins during the year. It was also the third consecutive quarter of earnings growth. - John Caldwell

Only when we have a long-term perspective can we say anything at all about long-term variability, especially decadal variability. - Julia Cole

One thing you find out when you net a lake this size is there's a lot of variability. One net will be loaded with fish, and another will have hardly any. You try to reduce the variability with a larger sample size. - Randy Hiltner

Management theory says to improve a process you have to first improve its variability. Well, we've developed a way to put a price tag on the expected costs of failing to improve variability, for failing to improve a process. - Alfred Guiffrida

It's not linked to global warming or anything like that. This is normal climate variability. - Gerry Bell

It's built to address flexibility on the service side of business. You have a lot of variability that needs to be baked into service. It starts with the commitment to the customer. Based on that, forecast in the need for parts and labor capacity at each location ... that translates into recommended action, what to buy, what to stock, what to move. On the labor side it is hiring and training. But all of those decisions must be made months before the actual need of the customer in order to be prepared in the most profitable way possible. - Mike Landry

It's been a winter when we've oftentimes seen some pretty rapid fluctuations, You can't make anything more than that out of one year's variability. One year just can't do it. You'd want to see it frequently, two out of three years. - Dave Robinson