Walter Andrew Shewhart

Born: March 18, 1891
Birthplace: New Canton, Illinois, USA
Death: March 11, 1967

“Both pure and applied science have gradually pushed further and further the requirements for accuracy and precision.”
Walter A. Shewhart

Walter Andrew Shewhart was born on March 18, 1891 in New Canton, USA and died on March 11, 1967 in Troy Hills, USA. He studied at the University of Illionis and he recieved his doctorate in physics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1917.

He worked at Western Electric Company, where he designed simple control chart, which became the basis of today’s process quality control. Further, he developed concepts of statistical control.

In 1927, he met William Edward Deming and signficantly influenced him - he is the original author of the Deming Cycle, however it was unfairly named after his student Deming.

Related terms and methods:

Data
Deming Cycle
Total Quality Management

Related management field:

Quality Management

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Last update: 18.04.2012


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