Statistical Method from the Viewpoint of Quality Control

A Classic of its time, many managers today are not aware of the genius of Shewhart. In fact Deming himself attributes most of his ideas to Shewhart. There are many Management Gurus today who pay scant regard to the contributions of Shewhart and pass off their work as original but on closer examination you will find the mind of Shewhart once you remove the modern spin. Excellent method and logical thinking. Its worth persisting with the old fashioned language to get the true voice of the genius. Its about time this man received the recognition he deserves.

This book is the culmination of the philosophy of Dr. Shewhart . Dr. Shewhart was virtually unknown till he delivered a series of lectures which were then edited and converted into this book by W. Edwards Deming . Dr. Deming recognised the importance of these lectures and felt that this would be the best way to popularise Shewhart's works . Shewhart's earlier book " Economic Control of Quality in Manufactured Product " was the second recorded book on Quality ( 1931 ) . His concepts of the " old Way " and " New Way " of doing businesses are relevant even today . Shewhart touched on topics which Management gurus refer to even today . This book first introduced the " Scientific Method of Improvement " which we now know as the Shewhart - Deming PDSA cycle for improvement . All in all a timeless piece of writing and a must for every Quality / Management fanatic.