Walter A. Shewhart
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engineer
person
physicist
pioneer of modern quality management
pioneer of statistical quality control
statistician
Walter A. Shewhart was an American physicist, engineer, and statistician regarded as a pioneer of statistical quality control and modern quality management.
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| Walter A. Shewhart canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
engineer
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person ⓘ physicist ⓘ pioneer of modern quality management ⓘ pioneer of statistical quality control ⓘ statistician ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence | industrial quality control worldwide ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bell System quality improvement
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early development of control charts for telephone transmission ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
application of statistics to industrial processes
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development of quality control in manufacturing ⓘ foundations of continuous improvement ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer |
Bell Telephone Laboratories
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Western Electric Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Shewhart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
industrial engineering
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physics ⓘ quality control ⓘ statistics ⓘ |
| givenName | Walter ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
assignable cause
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chance cause ⓘ common cause variation ⓘ control limits ⓘ process stability ⓘ special cause variation ⓘ statistical process control cycle ⓘ |
| influenced |
Joseph M. Juran
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W. Edwards Deming NERFINISHED ⓘ modern quality management practices ⓘ |
| influencedBy | statistical theory of the early 20th century ⓘ |
| knownFor |
developing control charts
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founding statistical quality control ⓘ influencing modern quality management ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legacy |
core methods used in Six Sigma and quality management systems
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foundation of modern statistical quality control ⓘ |
| name | Walter A. Shewhart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Economic Control of Quality of Manufactured Product
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Shewhart control chart NERFINISHED ⓘ statistical process control ⓘ |
| occupation |
engineer
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physicist ⓘ statistician ⓘ |
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