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  ASQ: About: Kaoru Ishikawa
Ishikawa's reasoning was that the Chinese alphabet, one of the most difficult writing systems in the world, can be mastered only after a great deal of study; thus, hard work and the desire for education became part of the character of those nations.
In his Shewhart Medal acceptance speech, Ishikawa called standardization and quality control "two wheels of the same cart." His emphasis might be surprising to some who think of standards as rigid and unchanging, but Ishikawa stressed the need for standards to change, and the dangers of clumsy enforcement of standards.
The medal is awarded annually in honor of Ishikawa to an individual or team for outstanding leadership in improving the human aspects of quality.
www.asq.org /about-asq/who-we-are/bio_ishikawa.html   (866 words)

  
  Ishikawa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ishikawa (石川 "rocky river") is a Japanese surname, and the name of several places in Japan, primarily Ishikawa Prefecture.
Ishikawa, a member of Public Security Section 9, Ghost in the Shell
Ishikawa diagram, cause-and-effect diagram, developed by Kaoru Ishikawa
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ishikawa   (111 words)

  
 Ishikawa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Professor Ishikawa was born in 1915 and studied Applied Chemistry at the Engineering Department of Tokyo University, graduating in 1993.
Ishikawa is best known as the pioneer of the Quality Circle movement in Japan during the 1960s.
The last of these techniques was pioneered by Ishikawa, and the famous "fishbone" diagram is often referred to as the "Ishikawa Diagram".
www.qmtzone.f9.co.uk /html/ishikawa.html   (246 words)

  
 Kaoru Ishikawa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kaoru Ishikawa (石川 馨 Ishikawa Kaoru) is a Japanese consultant, father of the scientific analysis of causes of problems in an industrial process.
He gave his name to the Ishikawa diagram, also known as Fishbone Diagram, which graphs all causes organised by categories.
This page was last modified 04:56, 12 October 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kaoru_Ishikawa   (69 words)

  
 Ishikawa: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
Tsuneo Ishikawa started working on the English translation...and students together to establish the Ishikawa Tsuneo Fund to commemorate his life and...translation project is a testament to Ishikawas stature as a teacher and a scholar.
...Edwards Deming, Joseph Juran, and Kaoru Ishikawa--to assess the coherence, distinctiveness...Edwards Deming, Joseph Juran, and Kaoru Ishikawa gained significant acceptance in the...Edwards Deming, Joseph Juran, and Kaoru Ishikawa, the primary authorities of the TQM movement...
During the flight, Ishikawa was notified that she would be required...Over the course of the nine-hour flight, Ishikawa drank several liters of water and tea...
www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/ishikawa.jsp?l=I&p=2   (1295 words)

  
 Kaoru Ishikawa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Ishikawa's biggest contribution is in simplifying statistical techniques for quality control in industry.
Ishikawa diagrams are useful as systematic tools for finding, sorting out and documenting the causes of variation of quality in production and organising mutual relationships between them.
Ishikawa sees the CWQC as implying that quality does not only mean the quality of product, but also of after sales service, quality of management, the company itself and the human life.
www.hkbu.edu.hk /~samho/tqm/tqmex/ish.htm   (211 words)

  
 Era Two - The Gurus - Kaoru Ishikawa
Ishikawa is a forgotten guru to many in the world of quality.
Ishikawa is remembered for his books on the tools of quality.
Ishikawa also believed in the concept of Company Wide Quality Control (CWQC).
www.geocities.com /dfloyd2292/ishikawa.html   (418 words)

  
 Murton Gp Business Network Partnership Quality Gurus-ISHIKAWA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Kaoru Ishikawa (1915 - 1989), graduated from the Engineering department of Tokyo University majoring in applied chemistry.
Ishikawa built on Feigenbaum's concept of total quality and suggested that all employees have a greater role to play, arguing that an over-reliance on the quality professional would limit the potential for improvement.
Ishikawa insisted that Total quality means everyone contributes but in teams rather than as an individual, and went on to coin the phrase that quality was a thought revolution and based on the "respect of humanity".
www.murtongroup.com /documentation/ishik1.htm   (915 words)

  
 Biografia de Kaoru Ishikawa
Ishikawa se incorporó a ella en 1960 y, desde 1977, fue el presidente de la delegación del Japón.
Ishikawa explicó el interés y el éxito de los japoneses en la calidad basándose en la filosofía del kanji (escritura de letras chinas), puesto que la dificultad de su aprendizaje favorece los hábitos de trabajo preciso.
Para romper esa dinámica, Ishikawa intentaba conseguir el compromiso de los obreros como personas: solamente así los trabajadores tendrían interés en mejorar la calidad y la producción.
www.biografiasyvidas.com /biografia/i/ishikawa.htm   (408 words)

  
 Ishikawa Summary
Ishikawa prefecture, in the central region of Japan's island of Honshu, combines rustic scenery with the high culture of old Japan.
Ishikawa is bordered by the Sea of Japan and Toyoma Bay and by Toyoma, Gifu, and Fukui prefectures.
Ishikawa (石川 "rocky river") is a Japanese surname, and the name of several places in Japan, primarily Ishikawa Prefecture.
www.bookrags.com /Ishikawa   (346 words)

  
 Ishikawa diagram
The Ishikawa diagram is a graphical method to help find the most likely causes for an undesired effect.
The method was first used by Kaoru Ishikawa[?] is the 1960s.
After you feel you have named most causes, identify the most likely causes for the effect in the box on the right side.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/is/Ishikawa_diagram.html   (194 words)

  
 Ishikawa diagram -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Ishikawa diagram is a (additional info and facts about graphical method) graphical method for finding the most likely causes for an undesired effect.
The method was first used by (additional info and facts about Kaoru Ishikawa) Kaoru Ishikawa is the (The decade from 1960 to 1969) 1960s.
After you feel you have named most causes, identify the most likely causes for the effect in the box on the right side.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/i/is/ishikawa_diagram.htm   (221 words)

  
 Quality Digest Magazine
She asks about Ishikawa diagrams, which are used by colleagues at her part-time job with a local hospital.
The Ishikawa diagram is more commonly referred to as a “fishbone” or cause-and-effect diagram.
It was developed in 1943 by Professor Kaoru Ishikawa, president of the Musachi Institute of Technology in Tokyo.
www.qualitydigest.com /may04/departments/spc_guide.shtml   (586 words)

  
 Quality Gurus- ishikawa, kaoru   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Ishikawa was also a recipient of the Second Order of the Sacred Treasure from the Emperor of Japan—the same recognition bestowed upon
Ishikawa built on Feigenbaum's concept of total quality and suggested that all employees have a greater role to play, arguing that an over-reliance on the quality professional would limit the potential for improvement.
Under the "company-wide" Ishikawa umberella are not just a company's internal quality control activities but the company itself, the quality of management, human respect, after sales service and customer care.
www.qualitytimes.co.in /ishikawa.htm   (371 words)

  
 Psicologia del Lavoro
Kaoru Ishikawa wanted to change the way people think about work.
According to Ishikawa, quality improvement is a continuous process, and it can always be taken one step further.
Ishikawa also showed the importance of the seven quality tools: control chart, run chart, histogram, scatter diagram, Pareto chart, and flowchart.
www.psicopolis.com /psilavorg/kishikawa.htm   (432 words)

  
 FISHING FOR SOLUTIONS: ISHIKAWA
First documented by Kaoru Ishikawa in the 1960s, it is used to this day as a cornerstone of continuous service improvement.
Ishikawa, "Fishbone", or cause-and-effect diagram all refers to the same thing.
The Ishikawa diagram is a powerful tool for harnessing the combined knowledge and experience of a group of people.
www.itsmsolutions.com /newsletters/DITYvol2iss21.htm   (1299 words)

  
 SAS/QC Software: Basic Problem Solving
The Ishikawa diagram, also referred to as a cause-and-effect diagram, tree diagram, or fishbone diagram, displays the factors that affect a particular quality characteristic, outcome, or problem.
An Ishikawa diagram is typically the result of a brainstorming session in which members of a group offer ideas on how to improve a product, process, or service.
The main goal is represented by the trunk of the diagram, and primary factors are represented as branches.
support.sas.com /rnd/app/qc/qcparish.html   (437 words)

  
 ASQ: The Legacy of Ishikawa
Abstract: Kaoru Ishikawa was a prime mover of quality in Japan who believed in quality through leadership.
Ishikawa’s focus on customer satisfaction is the foundation of quality today, and as the father of quality control circles, he believed in worker involvement, education, and personal commitment.
By improving the quality of the way we work together, Ishikawa saw a way to improve the quality of life in the world.
qic.asq.org /perl/search.pl?item=19514   (171 words)

  
 Administrative Science Quarterly: Total quality management: empirical, conceptual, and practical issues
The strong version of this assumption, implicit in Juran and Ishikawa but explicit and prominent in Deming's writing, is that producing quality products and services is not merely less costly but, in fact, is absolutely essential to long-term organizational survival (Deming, 1993: xi-xii).
Employees naturally care about the quality of work they do and will take initiatives to improve it--so long as they are provided with the tools and training that are needed for quality improvement, and management pays attention to their ideas.
Ishikawa, by contrast, is much less system-oriented: He states that cross-functional teams should not set overall directions; rather, each line division should set its own goals using local objective-setting procedures (Ishikawa, 1985: 116-117).
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m4035/is_n2_v40/ai_18816467   (1181 words)

  
 Quality and Co - Base de connaissances
The cause-and-effect diagram--often called the Ishikawa diagram and perhaps the achievement for which he is best known--has provided a powerful tool that can easily be used by non-specialists to analyze and solve problems.
According to Ishikawa, that active, visible participation--rather than the acclaim that goes with the prize--is the biggest benefit a winner receives.
Finally, Ishikawa was involved in Japanese and international standardization activities beginning in the 1950s.
www.qualityandco.com /5_connaissances/modules.php?sid=1   (920 words)

  
 Dr Kaoru Ishikawa - Quality Circles
Dr Kaoru Ishikawa, amongst other things, gave his name to the Ishikawa diagram.
The Ishikawa diagram is also known as the “fishbone diagram” or “cause and effect diagram” and is a problem-solving tool used in Quality Circles.
Many, including Juran and Crosby, consider Kaoru Ishikawa’s teachings to be more successful in Japan than in the West.
www.mftrou.com /kaoru-ishikawa.html   (184 words)

  
 Ishikawa - TheBestLinks.com - Japan, Okinawa Prefecture, Ishikawa Prefecture, Okinawa, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Ishikawa - TheBestLinks.com - Japan, Okinawa Prefecture, Ishikawa Prefecture, Okinawa,...
Ishikawa, Japan, Okinawa Prefecture, Ishikawa Prefecture, Ishikawa, Okinawa...
This is a disambiguation page, i.e., a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
www.thebestlinks.com /Ishikawa.html   (107 words)

  
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Ishikawa was the foremost Japanese authority on TQM.
It is interesting to review Ishikawa's differences between the East (Japan) and the West (United States, Europe).
Even if we do not agree with all of them, they can provide the basis of discussion or issues which must be addressed when implementing total quality programs.
faculty.uml.edu /dlewis/63.471/week3/3-7.htm   (563 words)

  
 Untitled Document
Kaoru Ishikawa, a Japanese quality control statistician, invented the fishbone diagram.
Therefore, it may be referred to as the Ishikawa diagram.
The fishbone diagram is an analysis tool that provides a systematic way of looking at effects and the causes that create or contribute to those effects.
quality.enr.state.nc.us /tools/fishbone.htm   (348 words)

  
 Cause and Effect Diagram | Fishbone Diagram (Ishikawa)
Explanation of the Cause and Effect (Fishbone) Diagram of Kaoru Ishikawa.
The Cause and Effect Diagram (Fishbone Diagram) from Japanese quality control statistician Kaoru Ishikawa is a graphical technique that can be used in teams to identify and arrange the causes of an event or problem or outcome.
The Fishbone Diagram was invented by Professor Kaoru Ishikawa of Tokyo University, a highly regarded Japanese expert in quality management.
www.12manage.com /methods_ishikawa_cause_effect_diagram.html   (562 words)

  
 ASQ: Kaoru Ishikawa: What He Thought and Achieved, A Basis for Further Research
Abstract: Kaoru Ishikawa's basic philosophy and achievements are described in the book Kaoru Ishikawa - The Man and Quality Control, which was published in September 1993.
Ishikawa believed that superior quality is readily accepted anywhere in the world; that companywide quality control (CWQC) should embrace the doctrine that human nature is fundamentally good; and that quality control begins and ends with education.
Ishikawa purported that when quality is improved in a creative way, cost is reduced and productivity is increased.
www.asq.org /qic/display-item/index.html?item=12058   (248 words)

  
 Kaoru Information
Kaoru is a Japanese given name for males or females.
Kaoru Ishikawa (m) (business theorist, developer of the Ishikawa diagram)
Kaoru Niikura 薫 (m)(guitarist of Dir en grey)
www.bookrags.com /wiki/Kaoru   (188 words)

  
 CD-ROM Library
Whilst, perhaps ironically, the early origins of the now famous Quality Circles can be traced to the United States in the 1950s, Professor Ishikawa is best known as a pioneer of the Quality Circle movement in Japan in the early 1960s, which has now been re-exported to the West.
As with other Japanese quality gurus, Kaoru Ishikawa has paid particular attention to making technical statistical techniques used in quality attainment accessible to those in industry.
Thus Ishikawa sees the Company Wide Quality Control movement as implying that quality does not only mean the quality of product, but also of after sales service, quality of management, the company itself and the human being.
www.lean-service.com /members/library/kaoru_ishikawa.asp   (466 words)

  
 What Is Total Quality Control?: The Japanese Way : Reviews, Prices, Deals
The answer is consumers may not be satisfied with a product, and the consumer requirements may change from year to year and that makes industrial standards hard to keep up with consumer requirements.
According to Kaoru Ishikawa it's a system of production methods, which economically produces quality goods or services meeting the requirements of consumers.
The last and final question to ask yourself is what would a fishbone diagram do for me? It would assist you in the identification and listing of all the possible causes that produce problems.
www.medfools.com /shopuk/product/0139524339/What_Is_Total_Quality_Control:_The_Japanese_Way.html   (154 words)

  
 Chapter 6, Section 1: History of Japan's Quality Movement
One of the innovative TQC methodologies developed in Japan is referred to as the "Ishikawa" or "cause-and-effect" diagram.
After collecting statistical data, Ishikawa found that dispersion came from four common causes, as shown in Figure 6.1.
Ishikawa's diagram has lead Japanese firms to focus quality control attention on the improvement of materials, equipment, and processes.
www.wtec.org /loyola/ep/c6s1.htm   (1157 words)

  
 Basic Cause-&-Effect Analysis   QCI International   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
This technique was invented and introduced by the Father of QC Circles, Kaoru Ishikawa.
It is one of the cornerstones of modern small group problem-solving activities.
It is sometimes referred to as the Ishikawa of fishbone diagram.
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