Posts Tagged Biography
Who is Philip B. Crosby?
Posted by 1Q8 in Quality Concepts on May 23rd, 2009
Philip B. Crosby (1926-2001)
Philip B. Crosby was a legend of quality. A noted quality professional, consultant, and author known as the “Father of the Quality Revolution” or “The Guru of Quality Management”. His philosophies and concepts helped changes the way business is conducted worldwide. He is widely recognized for promoting the concept of “zero defects” [...]
Who is Joseph M. Juran?
Posted by 1Q8 in Quality Concepts on May 19th, 2009
Joseph M. Juran (1904-2008)
Juran was born to a Jewish family in 1904 in Romania. In 1912, he immigrated to America with his family, settling in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In school, his level of mathematical and scientific proficiency so exceeds the average that he eventually skips the equivalent of four grade levels. Juran was a chess champion [...]
Who is Walter A. Shewhart?
Posted by 1Q8 in Quality Concepts on May 17th, 2009
Father of statistical quality control
“Shewhart simulated theoretical models by marking numbers on three different sets of metal-rimmed tags. Then he used an ordinary kitchen bowl – the Shewhart bowl – to hold each set of chips as different sized samples were drawn from his three different populations. There was a bowl, and it played a [...]
Who is W. Edwards Deming?
Posted by 1Q8 in Quality Concepts on May 17th, 2009
William Edwards Deming (1900-1993)
William Edwards Deming was born in Sioux City, Iowa, USA. He received a PhD at the Yale University, in Theoretical Physics.
After university, Deming worked in the Department of Agriculture for ten years. At the time, the yields in agriculture had made big progress due to a new science, modern Statistics. In addition, [...]
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