DR. KAORU ISHIKAWA

DR. KAORU ISHIKAWA• Born on July 13, 1915

•Died on April 16, 1989 (aged 73)

• Joined the Japanese union of scientist (JUSE) quality control research group.

DR. KAORU ISHIKAWA

• University of Tokyo with an engineering

degree in applied chemistry.

• Naval technical Officer.

• Nissan Liquid Fuel Company.• Engineering Professor at The University of Tokyo.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

• 1972 American Society for Quality's Eugene L. Grant Award

• 1977 Blue Ribbon Medal by the Japanese Government for

achievements in industrial standardization

• 1982 Walter A. Shewhart Medal

• 1988 Awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasures, Second Class,

by the Japanese government.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO QUALITY OF IMPROVEMENT

• User Friendly Quality Control

• Emphasized the Internal customer

• Shared Vision

MOST NOTABLE WORKS

Fishbone Cause and Effect Diagram(Ishikawa diagram)

 A visualization tool for categorizing the

potential causes of a problem in

order to identify its root causes.

MOST NOTABLE WORKS

The Quality Circlesa group of employees that meets

regularly to consider ways of resolving

problems and improving production

in their organization.

NOTABLE QUOTES

NOTABLE QUOTES“Think of at least four factors which influence your problem. See if a shift in one of these causes can give you a different effect to explore.”

NOTABLE QUOTES

“Quality control starts and ends with training.”

ISHIKAWA GROUP MEMBERS• Rameses A. Francia• Mark Anthony Sencio• Princess Obedicen• Adrian Arfapo• Jeffrey Estella• Jomari Besa• Bobby Azucena• Alvinson Apostol • Paul Cruz