DR.
KAORU ISHIKAWA
Born in Tokyo on July 13,1915.
In 1939,graduated from in applied chemistry
1939-41:worked as a naval offi cer ’1941-47 worked at Nissan
Liquid Fuel Company
In 1947, become associate professor in university of Tokyo
In 1949, Ishikawa joined the Japanese union of scienti sts and
engineers quality control research group
His skill at mobilizing large groups of people towards a
specifi c common goal was largely responsible for Japan’s
quality improvement initi ati ves
He translated, integrated and expanded the management
concepts of W. Edwards Deming and Joseph M Juran into the
Japanese system.
His died on April 16,1989
CONTRIBUTION
Process Control Chart
Cause & Effect Scatter
Diagrams Charts
Stratification Histogram
Pareto
Analysis