Quality Gurus

Dr.Joseph M Juran was born in Romania, December 24, 1904. Juran graduated in 1924, with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota, USA He was a management consultant and an evangelist for quality and quality management, .His work has profound impact in today’s Quality management and ISO 9001 standard. He was author of several books on Quality. Dr Juran died in 2008 at the age of 103. Dr. Juran consulted many leading organizations in the world, some of them include :  Rolls-Royce ,  Toyota Motors, Volkswagen, Royal Dutch Shell , OTIS Elevator , Xerox. A truly international Leader in Quality.

Dr. Juran focused on Management elements for managing quality. He placed huge emphasis on Training particularly in the top and middle management level.

Dr. Juran was one of the earliest management consultant who spoke on the Cost of Poor Quality. He is gave us the famous “quality trilogy” which is comprised of Quality Planning, Quality Improvement, and Quality Control.

Few Famous Quotes:

1. “Every successful quality revolution has included the participation of upper management. We know of no exceptions.”
2. “It is most important that top management be quality-minded. In the absence of sincere manifestation of interest at the top, little will happen below.”