Yoji Akao (born 1928) is a Japanese planning specialist, recognized as the developer of Hoshin Kanri (a strategic planning methodology). With the late Shigeru Mizuno 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. Wikipedia
Yoji Akao Short Biography: Born in Japan in 1928, Yoji Akao graduated in 1940 and received his Ph.D. in 1964 from the Tokyo Institute of Technology's Department of Ceramics. www.productivitypress.com/contributorinfo.cfm?ContribID=124
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