"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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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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