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Throughout the year we celebrate the birthdays of the “Grand-Daddies” of Quality (also known as “Quality Gurus”). These are the founders of modern day process improvement!

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What’s the secret Quality connection between Italy and Japan? The Pareto Chart! Signore Pareto provided his 80/20 rule and Dr. Ishikawa created the Pareto Chart

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Fishbone + Ishikawa = Fishikawa! We know him best for this essential root cause tool, but did you know Dr. Ishikawa developed the first Kaizens,

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Who said “Quality is free, but it’s not a gift”? Who was the first non-doctor to create a vaccine? Who maintained that zero defects was

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Who put the “Six” in Six Sigma? Who’s the man behind the first Malcolm Baldrige Award and how did he get so good at betting

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Do you have a hidden factory? Do you know employees who always have time to do it over but never time to get it right?

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He was a cigar-chomping, salty-tongued educator who wrote a manufacturing love story. Eli Goldratt left us way too soon but will always be appreciated as

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Dr. Deming was amazing, but who was his teacher? Who produced the PDCA Cycle? Who conceived of Statistical Process Control? The modest man behind the

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Who is the Grand Poobah of Toyota Production System? The Wizard of Lean? His Royal Eminence of Efficiency? Sure, he had some help, but Taiichi

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What do you know about Sakichi Toyoda? Did you know he was born on Valentine’s Day? That he started out in the textile business? That

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