Yoji Akao was a Japanese planning specialist recognized as the developer of Hoshin Kanri. With the late Shigeru Mizuno, he developed Quality Function Deployment. Akao and Mizuno also co-founded the Quality Function Deployment Institute: a non-profit organization dedicated to dissemination and advancement of QFD.
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JapanCategory
Academics
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Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1928 to 2016 · aged 88
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