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October 17, 2004
2004 Deming Prize Awardees

2004 Deming Prize announcement - JUSE (Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers)

This year again provided impressive showings by India and Thailand: of the 6 awards 3 went to Indian Companies and 3 went to companies in Thailand. And this is not a fluke, a unit of the TVS group (India) has been awarded in each of the last four years, see, “Deming medal for Lucas TVS and SRF.”

2004 The Deming Prize for Individuals
- Mr. Akira Takahashi, Senior Adviser to the Board, Denso Corporation (Japan)

2004 The Deming Application Prize (alphabetical order)
- CCC Polyolefins Company Limited (Thailand)
- Indo Gulf Fertilisers Limited (India)
- Lucas-TVS Limited (India)
- Siam Mitsui PTA Company Limited (Thailand)
- SRF Limited, Industrial Synthetics Business (India) SRF press release – pdf format
- Thai Ceramic Company Limited (Thailand)

In recent years, Thailand and India have been the home to nearly all awardees: 6 of 7 in 2003, 2 of 2 in 2002 and 3 of 4 in 2001. Prior to this new trend, nearly all awardees were based in Japan, the exceptions being:
- Sundaram-Clayton Limited Brakes Division (India) 1998
- AT & T Power Systems (U.S.A.) 1993
- Philips Taiwan, Ltd. (Taiwan) 1991
- Florida Power and Light (USA) 1989

Find online Deming resources: Curious Cat Deming Connections
Full List of Deming Prize Winners

2 Responses to “2004 Deming Prize Awardees”

  1. Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog » 2005 Deming Prize Says:

    [...] Once again India has dominated the prize. From our 2004 Deming Prize post: “In recent years, Thailand and India have been the home to nearly all awardees: 6 of 7 in 2003, 2 of 2 in 2002 and 3 of 4 in 2001. Prior to this new trend, nearly all awardees were based in Japan,” [...]

  2. Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog » India Lean Management Says:

    “When I last visited India in 2002, I looked carefully at several operations of the TVS group in the Chennai area. I found that they were the best examples of lean manufacturing I had ever seen outside of Toyota City…”

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