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Life and Works of Quality Guru Joseph Juran

  • Born: Dec 24, 1904
  • Died: Feb 28, 2008


Juran is best known for:

Juran's Trilogy - Juran's trilogy consists of Quality Planning, Quality Control, and Quality Improvement.
10 Steps of Quality Improvement - Juran proposed ten steps to quality improvement
Quality Control Handbook — Juran published the first edition of the Quality Control Handbook in 1951.
Cost of Quality - Juran defined the Cost of Quality as tangible and intangible costs.
Pareto Principle - Juran emphasized applying the Pareto Principle (80:20 rule) in the field of Quality Management.

  • Juran's Quality Control Handbook is considered the most influential book in quality.
  • Quality improvements are often made through a series of incremental improvements.
  • The key to improving quality is identifying what causes 80% of problems and taking action to remove these causes.


A Brief Introduction:

Joseph M. Juran was a management consultant specializing in managing quality. He has authored hundreds of papers and 12 books, including Jura

Joseph M. Juran

Romanian-American engineer and management consultant

Joseph M. Juran

Juran circa 1987

Born

Joseph Moses Juran


(1904-12-24)December 24, 1904

Brăila, Romania

DiedFebruary 28, 2008(2008-02-28) (aged 103)

Rye, New York, U.S.

Occupation(s)Engineer and management consultant
Spouse

Sadie Shapiro

(m. 1926)​
Children4 (2 deceased)

Joseph Moses Juran (December 24, 1904 – February 28, 2008) was a Romanian-born American engineer, management consultant and author. He was an advocate for quality and quality management and wrote several books on the topics.[1] He was the brother of Academy Award winner Nathan Juran.

Early life

Juran was born in Brăila, Romania, one of six children born to Gitel and Jakob Juran; they later lived in Gura Humorului. His family was Jewish and as part of the Jewish community in Romania, were subjected to oppression by the authorities and their Romanian gentile neighbors.[2] Escaping antisemitism, his father emigrated to the United S

Joseph Juran biography, quotes and theory

Vincent van Vliet

January 30, 2025

Joseph Juran (Joseph M. Juran, 1904 – 2008) was an evangelist in the area of quality and quality management. Dr. Joseph Juran is also known for his further development of the Pareto Analysis of the founder Vilfredo Pareto in the area of quality management.

The biography of Joseph Juran

In 1924 Joseph Juran obtained his Bachelor’s degree (BSc.) in electrical engineering. Soon after he joined Bell Telephone Laboratories where he first gained experience in the area of quality and quality management. In 1935 Juran obtained a Master’s degree in Law (LL.M.) but he never practised law in his career.

Before the end of the Second World War, Juran started a new career as a freelance consultant and he combined this work with his post as an assistant professor at New York University. This combination led him to teach courses in quality management, give round table seminars with executives and run all kinds of projects at large clients such as Gillette, Hamilton Watch Company and Borg-Warner.

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