William Edwards Deming

W. Edwards Deming

Born: October 13, 1900
Birthplace: Sioux City, USA
Death: December 20, 1993

“In God we trust; all others must bring data.”
W. Edwards Deming

William Edwards Deming was born on October 13, 1900 in Sioux City, Iowa, USA and born on December 20, 1993 in Washington, D.C., USA. He received a BSc in electrical engineering from the University of Wyoming at Laramie, a M.S. in maths from the University of Colorado and a Ph.D. from Yale University.

In 1927, he met Walter A. Shewhart who inspired him by his thoughts of statistical process control methods. He continued to devote to this topic and to this day he is considered as one of the most important persons in quality management.

After WW2, he helped planning for the 1951 Japanese Census. His expierence in statisticial quality control led to the receving an invitation from the Japanese Union of Scientists and Engineers.

Japanese intensively studied Shewhart’s techniques and Deming gradually trained hundreds of Japanese engineers, managers and students in statistical process control and quality management. They gradually applied Shewhart’s and Deming’s ideas in the Japanese industry. Deming’s message to Japanese was brief: “Improving quality will reduce expenses while increasing productivity and market share.” High quality combined with expenses reduction actually led Japanese companies to the success.

Note: Deming worked in Japan independently of Joseph Juran.

Related terms and methods:

Data
Deming Cycle
Total Quality Management

Related management field:

Quality Management

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