Engineers and management thinkers who improved how goods are made, through scientific management, quality control, production systems and automation. A person belongs here when the cited article credits the person with methods or systems for industrial efficiency or production. It excludes inventors of single machines or chemical processes, who sit in the groups for those fields. The group is one of the groupings of engineers under this engineering field in the Technology Atlas, and each member keeps its own entry with its own cited sources and its own place in the field.
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Kaoru Ishikawa (Wikipedia article)
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noted for his quality management innovations
Frederick Winslow Taylor (Wikipedia)
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He was widely known for his methods to improve industrial efficiency.
W. Edwards Deming (Wikipedia)
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William Edwards Deming (October 14, 1900, December 20, 1993) was an American business theorist, composer, economist, industrial engineer, management consultant, statistician, and writer.
Taiichi Ohno (Wikipedia)
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Ohno Taiichi (大野耐一, Ōno Taiichi; February 29, 1912, May 28, 1990) was a Japanese industrial engineer and businessman.
John Krafcik (Wikipedia)
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John F. Krafcik (born September 18, 1961) is a member of the board of directors at electric vehicle manufacturer Rivian.
Lillian Gilbreth (Wikipedia)
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Lillian Evelyn Gilbreth (née Moller; May 24, 1878, January 2, 1972) was an American psychologist, industrial engineer, consultant, and educator who was an early pioneer in applying psychology to time-and-motion studies.
Henry Gantt - Wikipedia
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Henry Laurence Gantt (; May 20, 1861, November 23, 1919) was an American mechanical engineer and management consultant who worked in the development of scientific management.
Dick Morley (Wikipedia)
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He was involved with the production of the first PLC for General Motors, the Modicon, at Bedford and Associates in 1968.
Walter A. Shewhart (Wikipedia)
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grandfather of statistical quality control
Genrikh Altshuller (Wikipedia)
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He is most notable for creating the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving
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