CHEYENNE -- W. Edwards Deming was a quality control guru who revolutionized the Japanese auto industry after World War II and later used his same management model for the U.S. auto industry.

2a. Remove barriers that rob the hourly worker of his right to pride of workmanship. The responsibility of supervisors must be changed from sheer numbers to quality. 12b. Remove barriers that rob ...

Cease dependence on inspection to achieve quality. Eliminate the need for inspection on a mass basis by building quality into the product in the first place. — Dr. W. Edwards Deming’s third point for ...

American statistician W. Edwards Deming (1900 - 1993) at the Hotel new Japan, where he presented the Deming Application Prize, for quality management, to the Nissan Motor Company, Tokyo, Japan, 1960.