W. Edwards Deming In Japan [Getty Images]

American statistician W. Edwards Deming (1900 - 1993) at the Hotel new Japan, where he presented the Deming Application Prize, for quality management, to the Nissan Motor Company, Tokyo, Japan, 1960. Awards were also presented to the Asahi Special Glass Company and the Kurake Spinning Company. Deming (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)

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