What is W. Edwards Deming?
{{Infobox scientist |name= W. Edwards Deming |image = W. Edwards Deming.jpg |caption= |birth_date= {{birth date|1900|10|14|mf=y}} |birth_place=[[Sioux City, Iowa]], [[USA]] |death_date={{death date and age|1993|12|20|1900|10|14|mf=y}} |death_place=[[Washington DC]], [[USA]] |alma_mater=[[University of Wyoming]], [[University of Colorado at Boulder|University of Colorado]], [[Yale University]] |fields=[[Statistician]] |influences=[[Walter A. Shewhart]] |spouse= }} '''William Edwards Deming''' (October 14, 1900 – December 20, 1993) was an [[United States|American]] [[engineer]] who improved how companies manage making products. He was a [[statistician]], [[professor]], [[author]], [[lecturer]], and [[consultant]]. He is perhaps best known for his work in [[Japan]]. Starting in 1950, he taught top Japanese business managers how to improve design, product quality, testing and sales.<ref name=lecture>[http://deming-network.org/deming_1950.htm Deming's 1950 Lecture to Japanese Management]. Translation by Teruhide Haga. Accessed: 2006-06-16.</ref> He taught the importance of using [[Statistical Process Control]] (SPC), to manage quality by measuring, or counting, many steps of complex manufacturing and services, in order to reduce the [[variation]] in results. This should reduce defects and errors. Deming described periodic [[monitoring]], by repeating the steps of Plan-Do-Check-Act, known as the Deming Cycle. ==Early life== ===Education=== He went to triton central highschool. He entered the [[University of Wyoming]] at Laramie in 1917 and graduated in 1921. He earned a BSc in [[electrical engineering]]. He then went to graduate school. In 1925, he received an M.S. from the [[University of Colorado]]. In 1928, he received a [[Ph.D.]] from [[Yale University]]. Both graduate degrees were in mathematics and mathematical physics. ==References== <references/> {{Bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Deming, W. Edwards}} [[Category:1900 births]] [[Category:1993 deaths]] [[Category:New York University faculty]] [[Category:American