Deming Prize - Wikipedia Deming Prize Deming Prize Awarded for Recognizing businesses worldwide for excellence in applying the principles of Total Quality Management Sponsored by Japanese Union of Scientists and Engineers ( JUSE ) Country Japan First awarded 1951 Website www.juse.or.jp/deming_en/ The Deming Prize is a global quality award that recognizes both individuals for their contributions to the field of Total Quality Management ( TQM ) and businesses that have successfully implemented TQM. It is the oldest and most widely recognized quality award in the world. 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. Two categories of awards are made annually, the Deming Prize for Individuals and the Deming Application Prize. Contents 1 Winners of individual award 2 Winners of application prize 3 See also 4 References 5 External links 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 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 Florida Power & Light ( first non-Japanese winner of award ) Lucent Technologies, Power Systems ( first American manufacturer to win award ) 1998 Sundaram Clayton brakes division 2002 TVS Motor Company ( TVSMC ) 2003 Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., the world 's first tractor company to win. Rane Brake Lining Ltd. Sona Koyo Steering Systems Ltd. Indo Gulf Fertilisers Ltd. LUCAS TVS 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 company to win. ( 2 ) 2007 Rane ( Madras ) Ltd. 2008 Tata Steel, the first integrated steel plant in Asia to win Deming award National Engineering Industries Ltd, part of the 150 - year - old, 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 2016 Ashok Leyland, pantnagar plant - World 's first commercial vehicle to get deming award ( India ) See also European Quality Award List of national quality awards Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Total Quality Management References Jump up ^ Evans, James R ; Lindsay, William M ( 1993 ), `` 5 : Total Quality Management '', The Management and Control of Quality ( 4 ed. ), Minneapolis, Minnesota : West Publishing, p. 112, ISBN 9780314008640, OCLC 25873758 ^ Jump up to : `` THE DEMING PRIZE WINNERS. DEMING PRIZE FOR INDIVIDUALS '' ( PDF ). Jump up ^ `` Archived copy '' ( PDF ). Archived from the original ( PDF ) on 2016 - 03 - 04. Retrieved 2016 - 06 - 21. Jump up ^ `` Sundaram Clayton bags Deming prize ''. Business Standard. 23 October 1998. Retrieved 2010 - 06 - 08. Jump up ^ `` TVS Motor Bags Deming Award For Quality Mgmt ''. Financial Express. 3 November 2002. Retrieved 2010 - 06 - 08. Jump up ^ Hindu Business Line Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Deming Prize Winners List External links Official website The W. Edwards Deming Institute Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers ( JUSE ) Toyota.com on winning the Deming Prize in 1965 List of winners of the Deming Application Prize on JUSE web site Deming Medal ( given to individuals by ASQ ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Deming_Prize&oldid=799548766 '' Categories : 1950 establishments in Japan Awards established in 1950 Japanese awards Quality awards Hidden categories : All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from October 2009 Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Español 日本 語 Türkçe 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 8 September 2017, at 11 : 31. About Wikipedia

Question: what was the first us company to receive the deming prize
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