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William Edwards Deming (1900–1996)
1926: Ph.D. in Mathematical Physics, Yale University
1927: Employed by USDA and met Walter Shewhart
Applied statistics to industrial production methods
A system must be managed. It will not manage itself.
1943: Deming Cycle
Plan
or design an experiment
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Study
the results by analyzing the information
Act
on decisions based upon the analyzed results