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Wikipedia / Deming Prize

The Deming Prize is the longest-running national quality award and one of the highest awards in the world. It recognizes both individuals for their contributions to the field of quality and businesses that have successfully implemented exemplary systems that promote quality of goods and services. It was established in 1951 to honor W. Edwards Deming who contributed greatly to Japan’s proliferation of statistical quality control after World War II. His teachings helped Japan build its foundation by which the level of Japan’s product quality has been recognized as the highest in the world, was originally designed to reward Japanese companies for major advances in quality improvement. Over the years it has grown, under the guidance of the Japanese Union of Scientists and Engineers (JUSE) to where it is now also available to non-Japanese companies, albeit usually operating in Japan, and also to individuals recognized as having made major contributions to the advancement of quality. The awards ceremony is broadcast every year in Japan on national television.

Two categories of awards are made annually, the Deming Prize for Individuals and the Deming Prize, with a third, the Deming Distinguished Practice Award to be awarded for the first time in October 2024.

Winners of individual award

  • 1951: Motosaburo Masuyama

  • 1952: Tetsuichi Asaka, Kaoru Ishikawa, Masao Kogure, Masao Goto, Hidehiko Higashi, Shin Miura, Shigeru Mizuno, Eizo Watanabe

  • 1953: Toshio Kitagawa

  • 1954: Eizaburo Nishibori

  • 1988: Renichi Takenaka

  • 1989: Hitoshi Kume

  • 1990: Shoichiro Kobayashi

  • 1991: Kenji Kurogane

  • 1992: Masao Nemoto

  • 1993: Yasutoshi Washio

  • 1994: Takanori Yoneyama

  • 1995: Ayatomo Kanno

  • 1996: Kenzo Sasaoka

  • 1997: Noriaki Kano

  • 1998: Katsuya Hosotani

  • 1999: Yotaro Kobayashi

  • 2000: Matabee Maeda

  • 2001: Shiro Fujita

  • 2002: Shoji Shiba

  • 2003: Tadashi Yoshizawa

  • 2004: Akira Takahashi

  • 2005: Hajime Sasaki

  • 2006: Yoshinori Iizuka

  • 2007: Masayoshi Ushikubo

  • 2008: Masahiro Sakane

  • 2009: Hiroshi Osada

  • 2010: Takao Enkawa

  • 2011: Masamitsu Sakurai

  • 2012: Makoto Nakao

  • 2013: Hideo Iwasaki

  • 2014: Kazuyuki Suzuki

  • 2015: Tadaaki Jagawa

  • 2016: Naotake Okubo

  • 2017: Takeshi Nakajo

  • 2018: Kunihiko Onuma

  • 2019: Yasushi Nagata

  • 2020: Shinichi Sasaki

  • 2021: Hiroe Tsubaki

Winners of application prize

  1. 1951

  2. Fuji Iron & Steel, (now part of Nippon Steel)

  3. Showa Denko

  4. Tanabe Seiyaku

  5. Yawata Iron & Steel, (now part of Nippon Steel)

  6. 1958

  7. Kaneka Corporation

  8. 1961

  9. Denso Japan

  10. 1965

  11. Toyota

  12. 1976

  13. Pentel "(a first for the stationery industry)".

  14. 1979

  15. Takenaka Corporation "(a first for non-manufacturer industry)".

  16. 1981

  17. JUKI Corporation (Tokyo Juki Industrial Co., Ltd., Industrial Sewing Machine Division)

  18. 1989

  19. Florida Power & Light (first non-Japanese winner of award)

  20. 1991

  21. Nachi-Fujikoshi

  22. 1994

  23. AT&T, Power Systems (first American manufacturer to win award)

  24. 1998

  25. Sundaram Clayton brakes division

  26. 2002

  27. TVS Motor Company (TVSMC)

  28. Hi-Tech Carbon GMPD

  29. 2003

  30. Brakes India Ltd., Foundry Division [India]

  31. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (the world's first tractor company to win)

  32. Rane Brake Lining Ltd.

  33. Sona Koyo Steering Systems Ltd.

  34. 2004

  35. Indo Gulf Fertilisers Ltd.

  36. Lucas TVS Ltd.

  37. SRF limited

  38. 2005

  39. Rane Engine Valve Ltd

  40. Rane TRW Steering Systems Ltd.(SGD)

  41. Krishna Maruti Ltd., Seat Division

  42. 2006

  43. Sanden International (Singapore) Pte Ltd (SIS), the first Singapore-based/branch company to win.https://web.archive.org/web/20070626173721/http://www.sanden.com.sg/deming_award.html

  44. 2007

  45. Rane (Madras) Ltd.

  46. AIS Auto Glass

  47. 2008

  48. Tata Steel, the first integrated steel plant in Asia to win Deming award

  49. 2010

  50. National Engineering Industries Ltd, (India)

  51. 2011

  52. Sanden Vikas (India) Limited, (India)

  53. 2012

  54. SRF Limited, Chemicals Business (India)

  55. Mahindra & Mahindra Limited, Farm Equipment Sector, Swaraj Division (India)

  56. 2013

  57. RSB Transmissions(I) Limited, Auto Division (Jamshedpur(Unit 1), Pune & Pant Nagar Plant) (India)

  58. 2014

  59. GC America (USA)

  60. Yaskawa

  61. Mahindra Powerol

  62. 2016

  63. Ashok Leyland, Pantnagar plant - World's first commercial vehicle to get the Deming Prize (Outside Japan)

  64. 2017

  65. Ashok Leyland Limited, Hosur Unit II, India

  66. CEAT Limited, India [first tire company in the world (Outside Japan) to get Deming award]

  67. 2018

  68. PT Komatsu Indonesia [First Company in Indonesia, to get the Deming Prize; Mr. Pratjojo Dewo, President Director]

  69. Sundram Fasteners Limited, India [SFL got the Deming Prize for all its 17 plants located across India; Arathi Krishna, Managing Director, is the first woman to receive this award]

  70. Jsw Steel Ltd, India [President, Mr. Rajashekhar Pattanasetty]

  71. Indus Towers, India [CEO: Bimal Dayal]

  72. 2019

  73. ELGi Equipments Ltd, Coimbatore, was the first industrial air compressor manufacturer outside of Japan to win this award.

The Deming Distinguished Service Award for Dissemination and Promotion (Overseas)

  • 2009: Gregory H. Watson

  • 2012: Janak Mehta

  • 2014: Kan Trakulhoon

  • 2019: Venu Srinivasan

  • 2022: L Ganesh

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