Armand V. Feigenbaum is an American quality control expert who was born in 1922. He received a bachelor's degree from Union College, and his master's degree and Ph.D. from MIT. He was Director of Manufacturing Operations at General Electric (1958-1968), and is now President and CEO of General Systems Company of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, an engineering firm that designs and installs operational systems. He wrote several books and served as President of the American Society for Quality (1961-1963). Feigenbaum's contributions to the quality body of knowledge include: Look up engineer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For the Jurassic 5 album, see Quality Control (album) In engineering and manufacturing, quality control and quality engineering are involved in developing systems to ensure products or services are designed and produced to meet or exceed customer requirements. ... For the Jurassic 5 album, see Quality Control (album) In engineering and manufacturing, quality control and quality engineering are involved in developing systems to ensure products or services are designed and produced to meet or exceed customer requirements. ... This article is about the Union College in New York. ... Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. ... Mapúa Institute of Technology (MIT, MapúaTech or simply Mapúa) is a private, non-sectarian, Filipino tertiary institute located in Intramuros, Manila. ... “GE” redirects here. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... Pittsfield redirects here. ... American Society for Quality (ASQ), formerly known as American Society for Quality Control (ASQC), is a non-profit professional society comprised of almost 100,000 members who work in various aspects of the quality field (e. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• Total Quality Control (TQC) - "Total quality control is an effective system for integrating the quality development, quality maintenance, and quality improvement efforts of the various groups in an organization so as to enable production and service at the most economical levels which allow full customer satisfaction."

• the "hidden" plant - the idea that so much extra work is performed in correcting mistakes that there is effectively a hidden plant within any factory.

• Because quality is everybody's job, it may become nobody's job - the idea that quality must be actively managed and have visibility at the highest levels of management.

Awards and Honours First recipient of ASQ's Lancaster Award which recognizes "his outstanding contributions toward international cooperation in quality control through his development and sharing of knowledge and experience around the world, and for his leadership in the International Academy for Quality."

Feigenbaum was awarded ASQ's Edwards Medal for 1965 in recognition of "his origination and implementation of basic foundations for modern quality control".

Received the National Security Industrial Association Award of Merit for leadership in defense of the nation..

Member of the Advisory Group of the U.S. Army

Chairman of a system-wide evaluation of quality assurance activities of the Army Materiel Command

A consultant with the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.

He was awarded the Founders Medal by Union College, where he received his undergraduate degree.

A fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Life member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Life member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

References

• Feigenbaum, A. V. (1951), Quality Control: Principles, Practice, and Administration, McGraw-Hill
• Feigenbaum, A. V. and Feigenbaum, D.S. (2003), "The Power of Management Capital", McGraw-Hill
• Feigenbaum, A. V. (2004), Total Quality Control, McGraw-Hill Professional, ISBN 0-07-022003-4 (re-issue of Quality Control)
• http://www.asq.org/about-asq/who-we-are/bio_feigen.html