[phoxix2]

William Deming is the reason the Japanese had high quality electronics. American's wouldn't listen to him, the Japanese needed him desperately. Today the Japanese love that man.

(While the Americans weren't listening to Deming, Harvard Biz Profs even went as far as to predict that Deming/Japan's love for quality would not be sustainable and its competitive advantage would erode. It turns out they were right, the Koreans are the example of this.)

[ojbyrne]

I don't think I've ever heard of him referred to as William Deming (it took me a second to recognize who you were talking about). I've always heard Edwards Deming or W. Edwards Deming.