Akao, Yōji, 1928-2016

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Name (Latin)
Akao, Yōji, 1928-2016
Other forms of name
Akao, Yōji, 1928-
Date of birth
1928-10-06
Date of death
2016-10-24
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 35126465
Wikidata: Q931989
Library of congress: n 90637109
Sources of Information
  • His Quality function deployment, c1990:CIP t.p. (Yoji Akao) data sheet (b. 1928)
  • Kenkyūsha sōran, jinbun, 1984:p. 1987 (Akao Yōji; b. 10/6/28; prof., Tamagawa Daigaku)
Wikipedia description:

Yoji Akao (赤尾 洋二, Akao Yōji, 1928 – October 24, 2016) was a Japanese planning specialist recognized as the developer of Hoshin Kanri (a strategic planning methodology). With the late Shigeru Mizuno, he developed Quality Function Deployment (a group decision making technique). Akao and Mizuno also co-founded the Quality Function Deployment Institute: a non-profit organization dedicated to dissemination and advancement of QFD. Akao received a Ph.D. in 1964 from the Tokyo Institute of Technology.

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