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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.

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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 of 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

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Winners of application prize

1951

Fuji Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (now part of Nippon Steel)
Showa Denko K.K.
Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd.
Yawata Iron & Steel Co., Ltd (now part of Nippon Steel)

1958

Kaneka Corporation

1961

Denso Japan

1965

Toyota Motor Corp.

1976

Pentel Co., Ltd. "(a first for the stationery industry)".

1979

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

1981

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

1989

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

1991
Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp - Bearing manufacturer
1994

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

1998

Sundaram Clayton brakes division

2002

TVS Motor Company (TVSMC)
Hi-Tech Carbon GMPD

2003

Brakes India Ltd., Foundry Division [India]
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (the world's first tractor company to win)
Rane Brake Lining Ltd.
Sona Koyo Steering Systems Ltd.

2004

Indo Gulf Fertilisers Ltd.
Lucas TVS Ltd.
SRF limited

2005

Rane Engine Valve Ltd
Rane TRW Steering Systems Ltd.(SGD)
Krishna Maruti Ltd., Seat Division

2006

Sanden International (Singapore) Pte Ltd (SIS), the first Singapore-based/branch company to win.

2007

Rane (Madras) Ltd.
AIS Auto Glass

2008

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

2010

National Engineering Industries Ltd, part of the 150-year-old, Indian multi-billion CK Birla Group. NEI is the second bearing company in the world after NTN Corporation, Japan to win this coveted award. Mr Rohit Saboo ( President & CEO ) received the award in a glittering ceremony in Osaka, Japan.

2011

Sanden Vikas (India) Limited, (India)

2012

SRF Limited, Chemicals Business (India); Mr. Roop Salotra, President and CEO
Mahindra & Mahindra Limited, Farm Equipment Sector, Swaraj Division (India); Mr. Bishwambhar Mishra, Chief Executive

2013

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

2014

GC America (USA)
Yaskawa
Mahindra Powerol

2016

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

2017

Ashok Leyland Limited, Hosur Unit II, India
CEAT Limited, India [first tire company in the world (Outside Japan) to get Deming award]

2018

PT Komatsu Indonesia [First Company in Indonesia, to get the Deming Prize; Mr. Pratjojo Dewo, President Director]
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]
Jsw Steel Ltd, India [President, Mr. Rajashekhar Pattanasetty]
Indus Towers, India [CEO: Bimal Dayal]

2019

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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