W. Edwards Deming Wikipedia. William Edwards Deming October 1. December 2. 0, 1. American engineer, statistician, professor, author, lecturer, and management consultant. Educated initially as an electrical engineer and later specializing in mathematical physics, he helped develop the sampling techniques still used by the U. S. Department of the Census and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In his book, The New Economics for Industry, Government, and Education,1 Deming championed the work of Walter Shewhart, including statistical process control, operational definitions, and what Deming called the Shewhart Cycle2 which had evolved into PDSA Plan Do Study Act. This was in response to the growing popularity of PDCA, which Deming viewed as tampering with the meaning of Shewharts original work. Deming is best known for his work in Japan after WWII, particularly his work with the leaders of Japanese industry. That work began in August 1. Hakone Convention Center in Tokyo when Deming delivered a speech on what he called Statistical Product Quality Administration. Many in Japan credit Deming as one of the inspirations for what has become known as the Japanese post war economic miracle of 1. Dr Web Key Gen' title='Dr Web Key Gen' />Japan rose from the ashes of war on the road to becoming the second largest economy in the world through processes partially influenced by the ideas Deming taught 4Better design of products to improve service. Higher level of uniform product quality. Improvement of product testing in the workplace and in research centers. Greater sales through side global markets. Deming is best known in the United States for his 1. Not only does echad13, but the Hebrew word ahava love also has a numerical value of thirteen, as expressed verbally in the Nazarean Codicil 1 Yochanan John 48. City Managers Association, Rajasthan is a registered society and membership fees based organization. CB Obits Last Names P Last Name Full Name Published in Date Published Contributor Obit Date of Death Born at or Date of Birth Notes PACE J. Shirley PACE. Points Out of the Crisis, by W. Edwards Deming, preface and his system of thought he called the System of Profound Knowledge. The system includes four components or lenses through which to view the world simultaneously Appreciating a system. Understanding variation. Psychology. Epistemology, the theory of knowledge5Deming made a significant contribution to Japans reputation for innovative, high quality products, and for its economic power. He is regarded as having had more impact on Japanese manufacturing and business than any other individual not of Japanese heritage. Despite being honored in Japan in 1. Deming Prize, he was only just beginning to win widespread recognition in the U. S. at the time of his death in 1. President Ronald Reagan awarded him the National Medal of Technology in 1. The following year, the National Academy of Sciences gave Deming the Distinguished Career in Science award. OvervieweditDeming received a BS in electrical engineering from the University of Wyoming at Laramie 1. Dr Web Key Gen' title='Dr Web Key Gen' />MS from the University of Colorado 1. Ph. D from Yale University 1. Both graduate degrees were in mathematics and physics. He had an internship at Western Electrics Hawthorne Works in Cicero, Illinois, while studying at Yale. He later worked at the U. S. Department of Agriculture and the Census Department. While working under Gen. Douglas Mac. Arthur as a census consultant to the Japanese government, he was asked to teach a short seminar on statistical process control SPC methods to members of the Radio Corps, at the invitation of Homer Sarasohn. During this visit, he was contacted by the Japanese Union of Scientists and Engineers to talk directly to Japanese business leaders, not about SPC, but about his theories of management, returning to Japan for many years to consult. Later, he became a professor at New York University, while engaged as an independent consultant in Washington, DC. Deming was the author of Quality Productivity and Competitive Position, Out of the Crisis 1. The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education 1. Deming played the flute and drums and composed music throughout his life, including sacred choral compositions and an arrangement of The Star Spangled Banner. In 1. W. Edwards Deming Institute in Washington, DC, where the Deming Collection at the U. S. Library of Congress includes an extensive audiotape and videotape archive. The aim of the institute is to Enrich society through the Deming philosophy. Demings teachings and philosophy are clearly illustrated by examining the results they produced after they were adopted by Japanese industry, as the following example shows. Ford Motor Company was simultaneously manufacturing a car model with transmissions made in Japan and the United States. Soon after the car model was on the marketwhen, Ford customers were requesting the model with Japanese transmissions over the US made transmissions, and they were willing to wait for the Japanese model. As both transmissions were made to the same specifications, Ford engineers could not understand the customer preference for the model with Japanese transmissions. Finally, Ford engineers decided to take apart the two different transmissions. The American made car parts were all within specified tolerance levels. However, the Japanese car parts were virtually identical to each other, and much closer to the nominal values for the partse. Japanese parts were all within 11. Maximum Speed 6 Mbps. This made the Japanese cars run more smoothly and customers experienced fewer problems. Born in Sioux City, Iowa, William Edwards Deming was raised in Polk City, Iowa, on his grandfather Henry Coffin Edwardss chicken farm, then later on a 4. Powell, Wyoming. He was the son of William Albert Deming and Pluma Irene Edwards,1. His parents were well educated and emphasized the importance of education to their children. Pluma had studied in San Francisco and was a musician. William Albert had studied mathematics and law. He was a direct descendant of John Deming,1. Puritan settler and original patentee of the Connecticut Colony, and Honor Treat, the daughter of Richard Treat 1. New England settler, deputy to the Connecticut Legislature and also a patentee of the Royal Charter of Connecticut, 1. Deming married Agnes Bell in 1. She died in 1. 93. Dorothy 1. 98. Deming made use of various private homes to help raise the infant, and following his marriage in 1. Lola Elizabeth Shupe 1. Lola and he had two more children, Diana b. Linda b. 1. 94. 3. Deming was survived by Diana and Linda, along with seven grandchildren. Early life and workeditDeming was a professor of statistics at New York Universitys graduate school of business administration 1. Columbia Universitys graduate school of business 1. He also was a consultant for private business. In 1. 92. 7, Deming was introduced to Walter A. Shewhart of the Bell Telephone Laboratories by C. H. Kunsman of the United States Department of Agriculture USDA. Deming found great inspiration in the work of Shewhart, the originator of the concepts of statistical control of processes and the related technical tool of the control chart, as Deming began to move toward the application of statistical methods to industrial production and management. Shewharts idea of common and special causes of variation led directly to Demings theory of management. Deming saw that these ideas could be applied not only to manufacturing processes, but also to the processes by which enterprises are led and managed. This key insight made possible his enormous influence on the economics of the industrialized world after 1. In 1. 93. 6, he studied under Sir Ronald Fisher and Jerzy Neyman at University College, London, England. Deming edited a series of lectures delivered by Shewhart at USDA, Statistical Method from the Viewpoint of Quality Control, into a book published in 1.