The outstanding quality accomplishments of industry during the past decade are familiar history. Particularly during World War II, the accomplishment… - Armand V. Feigenbaum

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The outstanding quality accomplishments of industry during the past decade are familiar history. Particularly during World War II, the accomplishments made by the precision equipment in our tanks and guns and planes were indelibly impressed upon the entire world. This results side of the quality picture makes impressive reading.

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About Armand V. Feigenbaum

Armand Vallin Feigenbaum (April 6, 1922 – November 13, 2014) was an American businessman, management consultant, and quality control expert. He started his career as manager at General Electric (GE) in Schenectady, New York, where he worked in quality control. Feigenbaum devised the concept of Total Quality Control which inspired Total Quality Management (TQM).

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In the phrase "quality control" the word quality does not have the popular meaning of "best" in any absolute sense. It means "best for certain customer conditions." These conditions are (a) the actual use and (b) the selling price of the product. Product quality cannot be thought of apart from product cost.

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Several of the quality-control methods have been carried on in industry for many years. What are new in the modern approach to quality control are integration of these often uncoordinated activities into an over-all administrative program for a factory and the addition to the time-tested methods used of a few new techniques which have been found useful in dealing with and thinking about the increased emphasis upon precision in manufactured parts.

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