deming — Pyrite Knowledge Base

Intellectual biography of W. Edwards Deming (1900-1993) — statistician, management theorist, and the most influential figure in the quality revolution. Covers his statistical foundations (Shewhart, SP

Dr. Deming: The American Who Taught the Japanese About Quality source The Man Who Discovered Quality (Andrea Gabor) source The Deming Management Method (Mary Walton) source The World of W. Edwards Deming source Four Days with Dr. Deming source W. Edwards Deming Institute Archives source The Essential Deming source If Japan Can... Why Can't We? (NBC Documentary) source A Theory of Quality Management Underlying the Deming Management Method source JUSE Lectures (1950) writing A Conversation Between Russell Ackoff and W. Edwards Deming writing Drastic Changes for Western Management writing Transformation of Western Style of Management writing Sample Design in Business Research writing Some Notes on Management in a Hospital writing On Probability as a Basis for Action writing The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education writing On the Distinction Between Enumerative and Analytic Studies writing Elementary Principles of the Statistical Control of Quality writing Some Theory of Sampling writing Out of the Crisis writing Quality, Productivity, and Competitive Position writing Statistical Adjustment of Data writing What Happened in Japan? writing Testimony to Congress on Quality writing Management's Responsibility for the Use of Statistical Techniques in Industry writing Does Anybody Give a Hoot About Profit? writing Principles of Professional Statistical Practice writing System of Profound Knowledge concept Total Quality Management (TQM) concept PDSA Cycle (Plan-Do-Study-Act) concept Agile Movement concept Common Cause vs Special Cause Variation concept Statistical Process Control and Variation Theory concept Chain Reaction Diagram concept Operational Definitions concept Psychology of Management concept The Red Bead Experiment concept Appreciation for a System concept Seven Deadly Diseases concept Toyota Production System concept Management by Objectives (Deming's Critique) concept Theory of Knowledge concept Institutional Incentives concept Lean Manufacturing concept The Funnel Experiment concept The 14 Points for Management concept Four-Day Management Seminars concept Management Responsibility for Quality concept Education and Early Statistical Career (1900-1927) era Japan and the Quality Revolution (1947-1960s) era USDA and Census Bureau (1927-1946) era American Revival and Legacy (1980-1993) era The Forgotten Decades (1960s-1980) era Shigeo Shingo person Lloyd Dobyns person Cecelia S. Kilian person James Womack person Kaoru Ishikawa person Taiichi Ohno person Brian Joiner person Russell Ackoff person Clare Crawford-Mason person Homer Sarasohn person Peter Scholtes person Ichiro Ishikawa person Mary Poppendieck person Joseph M. Juran person Walter A. Shewhart person Genichi Taguchi person Myron Tribus person William Conway person Donald Petersen person JUSE (Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers) organization Western Electric / Bell Laboratories organization New York University organization Nissan Motor Company organization Toyota Motor Corporation organization Nashua Corporation organization Ford Motor Company organization W. Edwards Deming Institute organization Sony Corporation organization U.S. Census Bureau organization W. Edwards Deming: Comprehensive Online Inventory of Works note PDSA-OODA Parallel: Iterative Learning Cycles Across Domains note Deming's Place in the Lean Lineage note Order of the Sacred Treasure event National Medal of Technology event Publication of Out of the Crisis event Toyota Wins the Deming Prize event First Trip to Japan, 1947 event Ford Motor Company Engagement Begins event Deming's Death event NBC Documentary: If Japan Can... Why Can't We? event JUSE Lectures to Japanese Executives event Founding of the Deming Prize event