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 W. Edwards Deming 

Dr. William Edwards Deming (October 14, 1900 - December 20, 1993) was a physicist and statistician, attaining great influence in the field of statistical process control. He studied for several years with Dr Walter A. Shewhart[?] of Bell Telephone Laboratories. Shewhart[?]'s theories of statistical control became the basis for Deming's own work.

Deming developed the sampling techniques that were used for the first time during the 1940 U.S. Census, and taught Statistical Quality Control[?] (SQC) techniques to workers engaged in wartime production. They were widely applied during the war, but faded into disuse a few years later in the face of huge overseas demand for American mass-produced product.

After World War II, Deming was involved in early planning for the 1951 Japanese Census. His expertise, combined with his involvement in Japanese society, led to his receiving an invitation by the Japanese Union of Scientists and Engineers[?].

The JUSE members had studied Shewhart's techniques, and as part of Japan's reconstruction efforts they sought an expert to teach statistical control. In 1950, Deming gave the first of a dozen or so lectures on SQC. Unlike his previous lectures, he aimed this message at Japan's chief executives: improving quality will reduce expenses while increasing productivity and market share.

The Japanese manufacturers applied his techniques widely, and experienced new international demand for Japanese products.

In 1960, Deming became the first American to receive the Second Order of the Sacred Treasure from Prime Minister Kishi. An accompanying citation stated that the people of Japan attributed the rebirth and success of their industry to his work.

Deming continued running his own consultancy business in the United States largely unknown and unrecognized. In 1980, he featured prominently in an NBC documentary about the increasing industrial competition the United States was facing from Japan. Demand for his services increased dramatically as a result of the broadcast, and Deming continued consulting for industry throughout the world until his death at 93. He publishing several books (notably Out of the Crisis in 1987) on what became known as Total Quality Management (TQM) or Total Quality Control[?] (TQC).

JUSE eventually introduced an annual award for the best proponent of Total Quality Management in Japan, and to recognize the contributions of Deming, they named this award the Deming Prize[?].

Deming offered fourteen key principles for management for transforming business effectiveness. In summary:

  1. Create constancy of purpose.
  2. Take the lead in adopting the new philosophy.
  3. Cease dependence on inspection to achieve quality.
  4. End the practice of awarding business on the basis of cheapest costs.
  5. Improve constantly.
  6. Institute training on the job.
  7. Institute leadership.
  8. Drive out fear.
  9. Break down barriers between departments.
  10. Eliminate slogans, exhortations, and targets.
  11. Eliminate management by numbers, and management by objective. Substitute leadership.
  12. Remove barriers to pride in workmanship.
  13. Institute education and self-improvement.
  14. Put everybody to work to accomplish the transformation.

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