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	W. Edwards Deming
		William Edwards Deming (October 14, 1900 - December 20, 1993) was a physicist and statistician, attaining great influence in the field of statistical process control.
		Deming developed the sampling techniques that were used for the first time during the 1940 U.S. Census, and taught Statistical Quality Control[?] (SQC) techniques to workers engaged in wartime production.
		Deming continued running his own consultancy business in the United States largely unknown and unrecognized.
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	William Edwards Deming
		William Edwards Deming (1900 - 1993) was an American statistician who advocated the use of closely monitored reports about the state of factory machines to keep production quality high for the least amount of investment.
		The Japanese were so impressed with Deming's genius that their industrial association gives out an annual Deming Prize to the individual most responsible for improvements in industry that year.
		Over the course of his career Deming recieved dozens of academic awards, and upon his death in 1993, the William Edwards Deming Institute was founded as a think tank in Washington D.C. to promote his ideas.
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	W. Edwards Deming Summary
		Deming was born in Sioux City, Iowa, and received a B.S. in electrical engineering from University of Wyoming at Laramie (1921), an M.S. from the University of Colorado (1925), and a Ph.D. from Yale University (1928).
		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.
		Deming warned that basing judgments on customer complaints, alone, ignored the general population of other opinions, which should be judged together, such as in a statistical sample of the whole (Sampling (statistics)).
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	W. Edwards Deming - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William Edwards Deming, Ph.D. October 14, 1900 - December 20, 1993) was an American statistician, widely credited with improving production in the United States during World War II, and later helping Japanese industry recover from World War II and later reach high levels of productivity.
		Born in Sioux City, Iowa, Deming was raised in Polk City, Iowa on his grandfather's farm, then later in Powell, Wyoming.
		Deming developed the sampling techniques that were used for the first time during the 1940 U.S. Census, and taught statistical process control (SPC) techniques to workers engaged in wartime production.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Edwards_Deming (636 words)

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		William Edwards Deming was born in Sioux City, Iowa, on October 14, 1900.
		Deming in Japan Deming is generally credited with the post-war introduction of quality concepts to Japan, although the reality is much more complicated and there is considerable evidence that he learned as much from Japanese thinkers like Kaoru Ishikawa and Taichi Ohno as he taught them.
		Deming's Real Contribution This slightly revisionist history is unlikely to make Deming loyalists happy, but his greatest contribution to the quality revolution may well stem from two spectacular, and seemingly accidental, public relations coups.
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		William Edwards Deming was born in Sioux City, Iowa on 14 October 1900 to William Albert Deming and Pluma Irene Edwards.
		Deming also distinguished between "doing things right" and "doing the right thing." People want to do the right thing, but once again, they are prevented by systems that force them to do things right according to the system but that aren't necessarily the right thing for the individual or the organization and its customers.
		Deming's background in mathematics and statistics led him to conclude that process improvement was dependent on several things.
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	W. Edwards Deming -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Both graduate degrees were in (A science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement) mathematics and (additional info and facts about mathematical physics) mathematical physics.
		Deming developed the sampling techniques that were used for the first time during the 1940 (additional info and facts about U.S. Census) U.S. Census, and taught Statistical Quality Control (SQC) techniques to workers engaged in wartime production.
		After World War II, Deming was involved in early planning for the 1951 (A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building) Japanese Census.
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		William Edwards Deming was born in Sioux City, Iowa, in the middle of the USA.
		Deming says that the prevailing style of management leads the worlwide economy to a dead end, because the emphasis put on competition and leadership by money causes huge financial losses, poverty and unemployment.
		Incidentally, the Deming's style of management contributes to improving human relations in society by softening the climate of violence and fear that is raging in companies.
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	Chris Smith - Writing Sample
		William Edwards Deming (1900 - 1993), an American, is best known for his work in Japan, where from 1950 onward he taught top Japanese managers and engineers his quality control philosophy.
		Deming attributes the origin of his cycle to his mentor W. Shewhart, but it is Deming's practical application of it to the manufacturing process that has tied it so closely with Kaizen.
		Deming used statistical analysis to formulate his quality control methods and advocated a business system in which the ultimate goal of the production process was to meet or exceed the customer's requirements.
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	Yonatan Reshef: Deming (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Edwards Deming was the ultimate manifestation of this peculiar art.
		Although his family was poor, Deming worked hard and received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Wyoming and earned a master of science degree in physics from the University of Colorado in 1924.
		Deming is generally credited with the post-war introduction of quality concepts to Japan, although the reality is much more complicated and there is considerable evidence that he learned as much from Japanese thinkers like Kaoru Ishikawa and Taichi Ohno as he taught them.
	courses.bus.ualberta.ca /orga432-reshef/demingobituary.html (1967 words)

	W. Edwards Deming Papers (Library of Congress)
		Deming's management seminars are also represented in notebooks created for individual engagements, material related to statistical sample techniques, such as his red bead and funnel tests, a typescript account of a four-day seminar, notes, and itineraries.
		Deming was employed by the Census Bureau from 1939 to 1945, and his proposed sampling methods were successfully implemented in the 1940 census.
		Deming was a frequent contributor to scholarly journals.
	www.loc.gov /rr/mss/text/deming.html (3898 words)

	Careers article from Amstat News
		William Edwards Deming was born in Sioux City, Iowa, on the 14th of October, 1900.
		Ed Deming took pains to ensure that Neyman's lectures in Washington were well attended by U.S. Government statisticians, and he worked an entire year to produce the book Lectures and Conferences on Mathematical Statistics.
		The crusade that Ed Deming subsequently undertook for the improvement of quality resulted, as we know, in the economic renaissance of Japan and eventually in his own worldwide prominence as a "prophet of quality" and philosopher of management.
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	Encyclopedia: W. Edwards Deming
		William Edwards Deming, Ph.D. October 14, 1900 - December 20, 1993) was an American physicist and statistician, attaining great influence in the field of statistical process control.
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		Later work in the U.S. Deming continued running his own consultancy business in the United States largely unknown and unrecognized.
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	Deming: Biography
		William Edwards Deming was born in Sioux City, Iowa on 14 October 1900 to William Albert Deming and Pluma Irene Edwards.
		Deming married Agnes Bell in 1922 in Wyoming.
		Deming lived in Washington, D. for the remainder of their lives in the house that they bought in 1936.
	www.deming.org /theman/biography.html (763 words)

	William Edwards Deming - Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Deming, William Edwards, 1900-1993, American statistician and quality-control expert, b.
		Deming used statistics to examine industrial production processes for flaws and believed that improving product quality depended on increased management-labor cooperation as well as improved design and production processes.
		Edwards Deming Dies; His Lectures On Quality Control Fueled Japan's Rise
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		Deming was laughed right out of this country because of his “Crazy” idea that profits and money shouldn’t drive a company in the long run, but quality should.
		The aforementioned CBS documentary on Deming, who was previously unknown in America, made him famous overnight.
		Deming wasn’t a famous engineer or an inventor, he was a manager, and he totally has revamped the entire manufacturing world.
	www.hificomputers.net /del/deming.htm (788 words)

	William Edwards Deming
		William Edwards Deming is a statistician credited with the quality revolution in post WW2 Japan.
		The ToyotaProductionSystem is often quoted as a successful application of the philosophy of Deming's approach.
		Deming's PDSA Cycle, see DemingCycle, seems to reflect IterativeDevelopment.
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	Dr W Edwards Deming at Business.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Deming learned that the 40 acres was still referred to as...
		Edwards Deming is known as the father of the Japanese post-war industrial
		Edwards Deming practicó una exitosa consultoría por más de 40 años.
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		Along with these statistical methods, Deming began to develop an entire theory of management that would complement Shewhart's work.
		He was convinced that letting workers keep their own statistics would eliminate the need for "quality control experts" by building quality into every stage of a process and by letting workers themselves do their own quality control.
		Deming's work and methods become significant at that juncture where moral and practical, industrial and educational interests meet.
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	Math is Cool
		William Edwards Deming was born in Sioux City, Iowa on Oct. 14, 1900, and died in Washington D.C. on Dec. 20, 1993.
		It is widely regarded that Deming's influence had much to do with Japan's recovery from W.W.II and their economic boo m in the 20th century.
		Deming's ideas have influenced the world of industry more than that of statistics, but the use of statistics to formulate his ideas are very evident.
	www.mrs.umn.edu /~sungurea/introstat/history/w98/DEMING.html (683 words)

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		Deming lived in Washington, D. for the remainder of their lives in the
		Edwards Deming, a house hold name in Japan, became the prime catalyst behind the
		Edwards Deming was at once both kind and generous and harsh
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		The Deming Prize is one of the highest awards for Total Quality Management (TQM) in the world.
		It was established in 1951 to commemorate the late Dr. William Edwards Deming, who contributed greatly to Japan's proliferation of statistical quality control after World War II.
		Deming's teachings helped Japan build the foundation on which the level of its product quality has been recognized as the highest in the world.
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	Amazon.com: Deming management method: Books: Mary Walton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Born on October 14, 1900, William Edwards Deming is as old as this century.
		Deming became famous for his teaching on quality that transformed Japan from being a country known for producing shoddy products to one that achieved outstanding success in the 1980s and 1990s.
		The author, a close associate of Deming over many years, methodically traces the life and teachings of Deming, explaining his famous 14 points and how they can be used to transform a company into an excellent organisation that produces high quality goods and services to meet customer needs, using motivated people.
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		Many would say that the man whose work accounts for success of Japanese industry in general is an American management theorist and statistician by the name of W. Edwards Deming.
		During the 1930s, Deming, a physicist at the time, was working at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
		While there, he was associated with a statistician named Walter A. Shewhart, whose achievement was developing techniques that helped to reduce waste and promote improvement of industrial and manufacturing processes.
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	W. Edwards Deming: The man behind the Q
		Deming reasoned that he had taught the wrong people.
		Deming's philosophy of managing quality was a sensation in a rebuilding nation known for shoddy goods.
		Deming's 85-15 rule says that 85 percent of problems are management's fault, while only 15 percent are the fault of workers.
	www.collegian.psu.edu /archive/1992/10/10-30-92tdc/10-30-92dops-column.asp (843 words)

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		Deming's quality-control methods focused on systematically tallying product defects, analyzing their causes, correcting the latter, and then recording the effects of the corrections on subsequent product quality
		In recognition of his contribution to Japan's industrial resurgence, the Deming Award was created in 1951 as Japan's highest honor for the business achievement, and in 1960 he was awarded Japan's Second Order Medal of the Sacred Treasure.
		Ironically, it was only after the success of his ideas in Japan that major American companies woke up to the value of his techniques, and it was not until the 1980s he that he found himself in demand as a management consultant with American businesses.
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	Bublos.com: Compare Book Prices ›› The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education - W. Edwards Edwards ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In this book W. Edwards Deming details the system of transformation that underlies the 14 Points for Management presented in Out of the Crisis.
		Describing prevailing management style as a prison, Deming shows how a style based on cooperation rather than competition can help people develop joy in work and learning at the same time that it brings about long-term success in the market.
		Indicative of Deming's philosophy is his advice to abolish performance reviews on the job and grades in school.
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