Founder of the Japanese Union of Scientists and Engineers $($JUSE$),$ Kaoru Ishikawa

proposed three basic steps to improving quality: quality leadership, quality technology, and quality control

provided analytical tools that work well with the Deming and Juran frameworks that are in use in the U$.$S$.$ today

cited four deadly "sins:" hothouse quality, wishful thinking, producing overseas, and confining quality to the factory

Founded $19$ steps of quality, including the use of statistical tools for improvement