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Founders, Executives and Management Thinkers

W. Edwards Deming

Management Theorist

American engineer, statistician and management consultant regarded as the father of the modern quality movement. He modified Walter Shewhart's cycle into the PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) cycle in the 1940s and was instrumental in revolutionizing Japanese industry after World War Two through his teachings on statistical process control, work later foundational to lean manufacturing and total quality management. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Date
1900-10-14 1
Birth Year
1900 1
Death Date
1993-12-20 1
Death Year
1993 1
Birthplace
Sioux City, Iowa, United States 1
Death Place
Washington, D.C., United States 1
Nationality
American 1
Defining Contribution
Modified Walter Shewhart's cycle into the PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) cycle in the 1940s and taught statistical process control to postwar Japanese industry. 2
Notable Work
Out of the Crisis (1986) 1
Connections

Associated With

Automotive Industry, Industries
Source Wikipedia, W. Edwards Deming
Kaoru Ishikawa, Founders, Executives and Management Thinkers

Ishikawa built his quality-circle and total quality management work directly on the statistical quality methods Deming taught Japanese engineers through JUSE lectures in the early 1950s.

Source Wikipedia, Kaoru Ishikawa
PDCA Cycle, Management Theories

Modified Shewhart's original cycle in the 1940s into the widely-taught PDCA form.

Source Wikipedia, PDCA
Walter A. Shewhart, Founders, Executives and Management Thinkers

Shewhart mentored Deming in statistical process control at Bell Labs and the USDA Graduate School; Deming built his own quality-management work directly on Shewhart's methods.

Source Wikipedia, W. Edwards Deming

Theories and Models Developed

Total Quality Management, Management Theories

One of three widely credited TQM pioneers alongside Juran and Ishikawa.

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1. Wikipedia, W. Edwards Deming
Wikipedia
  • lead section
    By adopting appropriate principles of management, organizations can increase quality and simultaneously reduce costs
  • Associated With: Walter A. Shewhart
  • Associated With: Automotive Industry
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2. Wikipedia, PDCA
Wikipedia
  • lead section, History
    W. Edwards Deming modified the Shewhart cycle in the 1940s
  • Associated With: PDCA Cycle, History
    W. Edwards Deming modified the Shewhart cycle in the 1940s
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Wikipedia, Kaoru Ishikawa
WikipediaAssociated With: Kaoru IshikawaView the Source

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