Kaoru Ishikawa

Kaoru Ishikawa was born in Tokyo Japan in 1939. He earned his Engineering degree in utilise chemistry from the University of Tokyo. After Graduating from college he was a navel technical officer until 1941. He worked at the Nissian Liquid Fuel Company until 1947 and then began his educational vocation at the University of Tokyo. In 1978 he became Musashi Institute of Technology President (Kaoru Ishikawa, 2008). Ishikawa came to be known as the father of the Quality revolution to the pile of Japan.When he was a professor at Tokyo University he realized the importance of the lineament control methods that were introduced to his country by W. E Deming and J. R Juarn. He applied those methods to work with his countrys industries. Ishikawa developed the quality hardenings, the cause and effect draw, and the importance of the seven quality tools. In addition, he wrote several books that explained statistics to the nonspecialist which one was the Guide to Quality Control. Another book he wrote was how to run QC Circle Activities which is based on quality circles.Quality circles are a method used to remedy quality. Quality circles were developed in Japan in 1962 by Kaoru Ishikawa. A quality circle is a volunteer group of employees from the same work area who meet together to discuss work endue improvement (Quality Circles, 2008). Quality circles were first used at the Nippon Telegraph and Cable Company in 1962 (decease of Professor, 1989). Ishikawa had only intended his methods of quality circles to be used for Japan but it has now spread to much than 50 countries.With the development of Ishikawas cause and effect diagram management leaders made tumescent advancements in quality improvement ( Kaoru Ishikawa One Step, 2011). With this new diagram users can see all of the potential causes of a result and find the process of imperfections ( Kaoru Ishikawa One Step, 2011). The cause and effect diagram can easy be used by non- specialist to analyze and solve prob lems. Dr. E. W Deming used this diagram to tutor Total Quality Control in Japan. Another name for Ishikawas cause and effect diagram is the Ishikawa or fishbone diagram.Ishikawa showed the importance of the seven Quality tools which are control chart, run chart, histogram scatter diagram, Pareto chart and advert chart. Ishikawa also expanded on Demings four steps into six steps which are visualise goals and targets, determine methods of reaching goals, engage in education and training, implement work, check the effects of implementation, and take take into account action ( Kaoru Ishikawa One Step, 2011). Ishikawa also wrote and was the editor of umpteen books.He wrote Guide to Quality control in 1968, as well as What Is Total Quality Control in 1981. He was the editor of QC circle Koryo in 1970, and How to operate QC Circle activates in 1971. Ishikawa has been credited with Japans quality achievements and has received many awards such as the Deming prize, and the blue ribbon me dal which was given to him by the Japanese government. His work has changed how people perceive quality management and many of his methods and books are still used to this day by bighearted and small businesses.Bibliographyhttp//www.skymark.com/resources/leaders/ishikawa.asphttp//www.vectorstudy.com/management_theories/quality_circles.htm