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Deming Award

Deming Award
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THE W. EDWARDS DEMING PRIZE: EVIDENCE OF OUR QUALITY COMMITMENT Yaskawa Electric Corporation - parent company of Yaskawa America - is the proud recipient of the W. Edward Deming Prize. We remain the only company in the world, in our industry, to have earned this high distinction. The award is named after William Edwards Deming, an American academic widely credited with improving production in the United States during the Cold War -- and recognized for his unprecedented efforts to maximize production processes in Japan. Deming is widely credited for helping that country develop its reputation for quality products that has positioned it as a global economic power. According to the W. Edwards Deming web site: “The Deming Application Prize is an annual award presented to a company that has achieved distinctive performance improvements through the application of Total Quality Management (TQM). p ■mmaumam _ \' wsmsLmvmm W,—■■ I II II ■ Yaskawa America, Inc. | Tel: 1-800-YASKAWA (927-5292) | www.yaskawa.com Drives & Motion Division

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WHY IS THE PRIZE IMPORTANT? It shows Yaskawa has taken the intensive steps necessary to incorporate a standard of quality into its world class manufacturing facilities that cannot be found anywhere else. It says you can trust us to deliver products that will perform, people that will respond and the results you need from your automation systems. It shows nobody can come through for you like Yaskawa can. Quality is a word that is tossed around by a lot of companies. And, the fact of the matter is, without a quality product, or service, or process, we can’t compete for your business. At...

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