Acknowledgement of Contributors

We wish to gratefully acknowledge the individuals and organizations whose contributions have made this material available. Names and organizations listed in a table below:

Sponsoring companies and individuals Association of Pioneer Quality Control Research (PQCRA), Taiwan Ms. Keiko Ishikawa Japanese Standards Association (JSA) Juki Corporation (JUKI) Corporation Kano Quality Research Office (KQRO) The Kansai Electric Power Company, Incorporated (KEPCO) Komatsu Limited The Overseas Human Resources and Industry Development Association (HIDA) Pentel Company Limited The Siam Cement Group (SCG), Mr. Nobuhiko Takamatsu Motor Corporation Former TQC promotion staff members at Electric Power Company, Incorporated (TEPCO); Mr. Ken Kitazono, Mr. Nobuya Minami, Mr. Yoshihisa Nagaoka, Mr. Mitsuru Nitta Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers (JUSE)

Member of the English Quality Securing Team (EQST) Yukihiro Ando, Counselor, JUSE Katsutoshi Ayano, Professor, Tokai University Takeshi Kaneko, Lecturer, Tokyo City University Yoshihisa Matsuda, Matsuda Consulting Engineer Office Masahiko Munechika, Professor, Waseda University Takeshi Nakajo, Professor, Chuo University Yoshikazu Ojima, Professor, Tokyo University of Science Kazuyuki , Professor, The University of Electro-Communications Tomomichi Suzuki, Professor, Tokyo University of Science

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Ken Takatori, Manager, International Relations Office, JUSE Shu Yamada, Professor, University of Tsukuba

Member of the English Brush Up Team (EBUT) Jitendra Agarwal, HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Ltd. Ashok Bapat, TQM International Pvt. Ltd. Amit Chadha, TQM International Pvt. Ltd. Amit Chauhan, TQM International Pvt. Ltd. Kiran Deshmukh, Sona Skill Development Centre Sunil Kapoor, Sheela Foams Pvt. Ltd. Pankaj Kumar, Tata Steel Ltd. Richard Lobo, Tata Chemicals Ltd. S. Mandaogane, Tata Motors Ltd. Janak Mehta, TQM International Pvt. Ltd. N. Ramanathan, SRF Ltd. J. Ravikant, SRF Ltd. Anil Sachdev, TQM International Pvt. Ltd. Amit J Sharma, Indus Towers Ltd. Vineet Sharma, Max Life Insurance Company Ltd. Rajinder Singh, Mahindra Institute of Quality R. Srinivsan, Mahindra Holidays and Resorts Ltd.

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