Edward Demming

25 January 2011

Edward Deming MJ#3

Biography Summary:

On October 14th 1900 William Edwards Deming was born in Iowa, Sioux City. Although he had went the name of W. Edwards Deming in his adulthood. William Deming was raised by his parent's poor but well educated. They put much emphasis on the considerable vale of education to their children. Growing up Mr. Deming held odd jobs to help contribute to the household, while he was going to school. Enrolling into the University of Wyoming at Laramie in 1917, graduating in 1921 with a B.S. in electrical engineering. Not stopping his education from there he had furthered his knowledge in different areas. He established an M.S. in 1925 from the University of Colorado and a Ph.D. from Yale University. He had also studied the theory of music, composing several canticles, playing several instruments. In 1922 Dr. Deming Married in his first wife they had adopted a daughter together, eight years later widowed marrying his second wife then having two more daughters. Dr. and Mrs. Deming Lived in Washington for the remainder of their lives. Dr. Deming died in his home on Dec 2o, 1993 with his family by his side.

Teachings ~ condensation of the 14 points

William Edwards Deming was also highly known for his significant Condensation of the 14 points for Management. I personally am fond of # 1 Create constancy of purpose toward improvement of product and service, with the aim to become competitive and to stay in business, and to provide jobs. Constancy of purpose toward improvement is very important and not just in the business. We should be consistent with a purpose always trying to change for the better in what ever it is that has meaning. There is always room for change for the better, for there will always be a competitor who just might be able to do thing's better. I also took a liking to #9 Break down barriers between departments. People in research, design, sales and production must work as a team, to foresee problems of production and in use that may be encountered with the product service. I thought that is so true, Communication is so important every department we shouldn't have any barriers and keep the communication flow open to forecast and potential problems. Teamwork is very essential to have a success organization. One department might see a potential problem that another department is not seeing. There should not be any barriers that restrict this flow. We should all work together we are all on the same team, the team of succeeding providing quality to one another in one way or another.

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www.deming.org at 6:26 pm on 24 February 2011