• Yoji Akao (赤尾 洋二, Akao Yōji, 1928 – October 24, 2016) was a Japanese planning specialist recognized as the developer of Hoshin Kanri (a strategic planning...
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  • 1937), Japanese diplomat Yoji Akao (赤尾 洋二, 1928–2016), Japanese business theorist This page lists people with the surname Akao. If an internal link intending...
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  • voice of the customer into engineering characteristics for a product. Yoji Akao, the original developer, described QFD as a "method to transform qualitative...
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    ようじ or katakana ヨウジ. with the given name Yōji Yoji Akao (赤尾 洋二, born 1928), Japanese planning specialist Yoji Anjo (安生 洋二, born 1967), Japanese professional...
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  • Kanri, a strategic planning methodology (Plan-Do-Check-Act) developed by Yoji Akao, used to create goals, assign them measurable milestones, and assess progress...
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  • of artifacts. Some years later, in 1960, Professors Shigeru Mizuno and Yoji Akao developed an engineering approach in order to connect peoples' needs to...
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  • organizational theorist Charles Constance César Joseph Matthieu d'Agoult Yoji Akao Ali Akdemir Howard E. Aldrich (born 1940s) - American sociologist and...
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  • systems. Hoshin Kanri, a strategic planning methodology developed by Yoji Akao, used to create goals, assign them measurable milestones, and assess progress...
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    function deployment (QFD), paralleling the initial developments from Yoji Akao at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. The rest of the Toyota group adopted the...
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    Edwards Deming, Dr. Joseph Juran, Phil Crosby, Dr. Kaoru Ishikawa, Dr. Yoji Akao, Mr. Taiichi Ohno, Dr. Shigeo Shingo and other manufacturing masters and...
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    would play important roles in Manchukuo. In 1933, Etsusaburo Shiina and Yoji Minobe were transferred to Manchuria, where Shiina served in the Industrial...
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  • as a single. The song was featured in the 1991 film My Sons, directed by Yoji Yamada. Mixing of Yoru o Yuke was taken at The Manor Studio in the United...
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    Tokyo, Occupied Japan Spouse Ryuko Matsuoka (Shin) Children Kenichiro Kaneko Yoji Hiroko (adopted niece) Parent(s) Sanjuro Matsuoka Yū Matsuoka (Ogawa) Education...
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  • Tomoyoshi Iwamiya def. Dai Moriyama Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) 2 3:35 Seiji Akao def. Makoto Akazawa Submission (Punches) 1 2:32 Seigo Inoue def. Kenta Okuyama...
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