Seven Core Principles in Manufacturing Quality

Dr. Kaoru Ishikawa, a Japanese engineer and quality control expert, is less well known in the West compared to legendary quality pioneers like Shewart, Juran and Deming, but his lifelong work to promote manufacturing quality was instrumental in launching the post WW2 Japanese manufacturing economy. He is most well-known for the development of quality circles, but his seven basic principles of quality are still the core of modern quality management.

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