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Kaoru Ishikawa was a Japanese designer known for his contributions to quality management and systems thinking. His work has had a profound impact on global business management and education.

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Famous Kaoru Ishikawa Quotes

“Quality control is applicable to any kind of enterprise. In fact, it must be applied in every enterprise.”

Kind Facts Quality Enterprise Quality Control

Book:Introduction to Quality Control

Source: Introduction to Quality Control

“Quality control which cannot show results is not quality control. Let us engage in QC which makes so much money for the company that we do not know what to do with it.”

Knows Shows Results Quality Company Quality Control

Author:Kaoru Ishikawa

“Quality control starts and ends with training.”

Ends Quality Training Quality Control

Author:Kaoru Ishikawa

“In management, the first concern of the company is the happiness of people who are connected with it. If the people do not feel happy and cannot be made happy, that company does not deserve to exist.”

People Ifs Feels Firsts Doe Made Company Deserve Concern Management Connected

Author:Kaoru Ishikawa

“As much as 95% of quality related problems in the factory can be solved with seven fundamental quantitative tools.”

Problem Quality Tools Fundamentals Seven Related Factories

Author:Kaoru Ishikawa

“Failure is the seed of success”

Seeds

Book:Introduction to Quality Control

Source: Introduction to Quality Control

“When you see data, doubt [them]! When you see measurements, doubt them!”

Doubt Risk Management Data Measurement Risk Management

Author:Kaoru Ishikawa

“The ideas of control and improvements are often confused with one another. This is because quality control and quality improvement are inseparable.”

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Author:Kaoru Ishikawa

“As with many other things, there is a surprising amount of prejudice against quality control, but the proof of the pudding is still in the eating.”

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Book:Introduction to Quality Control

Source: Introduction to Quality Control

About the Author

Born: July 13, 1915
Died: April 16, 1989
Known for: Author
Quotes: 9

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