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Joseph Moses Juran (December 24, 1904 – February 28, 2008) was a Romanian-born American engineer, management consultant and author. He was an advocate for quality and quality management and wrote several books on the topics. [ 1 ]
Quality by design (QbD) is a concept first outlined by quality expert Joseph M. Juran in publications, most notably Juran on Quality by Design. [1] Designing for quality and innovation is one of the three universal processes of the Juran Trilogy, in which Juran describes what is required to achieve breakthroughs in new products, services, and processes. [2]
1982 saw the development of the Ishikawa diagram, which is used to determine the root causes of a problem. After Ishikawa died in 1989, Juran delivered this eulogy: [4] There is so much to be learned by studying how Dr. Ishikawa managed to accomplish so much during a single lifetime.
Philip Bayard "Phil" Crosby, (June 18, 1926 – August 18, 2001) was an American businessman and author who contributed to management theory and quality management practices.
The seven basic tools of quality are a fixed set of visual exercises identified as being most helpful in troubleshooting issues related to quality. [1] They are called basic because they are suitable for people with little formal training in statistics and because they can be used to solve the vast majority of quality-related issues.
Juran may refer to: Juran (painter) (巨然), 10th-century Chinese landscape painter; Juran (surname) Juran kingdom, former name of the Kingdom of Burgundy in western Europe (part of modern-day France and Italy) Juran Institute, international consulting company founded by Joseph M. Juran
Walter Andrew Shewhart (pronounced like "shoe-heart"; March 18, 1891 – March 11, 1967) was an American physicist, engineer and statistician. He is sometimes also known as the grandfather of statistical quality control and also related to the Shewhart cycle.
Hertzsprung–Russell diagram, showing the relationship between stars' luminosities and temperatures. Hess's law, in physical chemistry: the total enthalpy change during the complete course of a reaction is the same whether the reaction is made in one step or in several steps.