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From Somerset to the World: David Hutchins Becomes the West’s First Deming Laureate

David Hutchins is a pioneer of modern quality and a steadfast ally to organisations dedicated to improvement. He is Chairman and Senior Consultant at David Hutchins Innovation Limited, where his lifetime of experience in quality leadership is translated into practical help for industry, government, and education. In October 2025, David was awarded the Deming Distinguished

The Lost Years of Quality and the Global Return to Excellence

By David Hutchins Anyone in business who is still alive and active who remembers the 1970’s, and 1980’s will recall it having been a golden age for anyone concerned with Business Performance improvement. Hotels and conference centres across the whole of the Western World were saturated with courses on Quality related subjects many of them

The Roots of TQM. By David Hutchins.

It is generally recognised that TQM (Total Quality Management) has its roots in Japan starting in 1960 15 years after the end of World War 2.. This was a showstopper for many in the West. Japan being diametrically on the other side of the world, the widespread impression was and for some still is, that

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How Quality Goes Round in Circles

Many firms have dramatically improved their competitiveness by introducing Quality Circles. However, unless a culture of Total Quality Management is first implemented, such initiatives are usually short lived. To make effective use of this radically different technique, managers must readjust their attitudes towards the workforce and the entire process of corporate management. Revised in 2025

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