W. Edwards Deming

W. Edwards Deming was an American engineer, statistician, professor, author, and management consultant.

He is best known for his work in Japan after World War II, where he taught top management how to improve design, product quality, testing, and sales through various methods, including statistical process control.

Deming's ideas and methods significantly contributed to Japan's economic recovery and rise to become the second-largest economy in the world by 1960.

He later brought his management methods back to the United States, where he developed his famous "14 Points for Management" and "Seven Deadly Diseases" of management.

Deming's work laid the foundation for Total Quality Management and influenced the development of Six Sigma.