Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher

1890 - 1962

Analysis of Variance

F Distribution

Design of Experiments

Dr. Walter Shewhart

1891 - 1967

Control Charts

Plan Do Study Act

Dr. W. Edwards Deming

1900 - 1993

14 Points for Management

7 Deadly Diseases

Dr. Joseph M. Juran

1904 - 2008

The Quality Control Handbook

The Quality Trilogy

Dr. Shigeo Shingo

1909 - 1990

Poka-Yoke (Mistake Proof)

Single Minute Exchange of Dies

Toyota Production System

Shingo Prize

Just In Time (JIT)

Dr. Kaoru Ishikawa

1915 - 1989

Cause & Effect Diagram

7 Basic Tools of Quality

Dr. Armand V. Feigenbaum

1922 -

Total Quality Control

Quality Costs

Dr. Genichi Taguchi

1924 -

Loss Function

Robust Design

Taguchi Method

Philip Crosby

1926 - 2001

Zero Defects

Do It Right the First Time

4 Absolutes of Quality Management

14 Steps to Quality Improvement

Dr. Yoji Akao

1928 -

Quality Function Deployment

Hoshin Kanri

Dr. Eliyahu M. Goldratt

1948 -

Theory of Constraints