Award given annually to organisations that, according to the award guidelines, have successfully applied company wide quality control based on statistical quality control and will continue to do so. Although the award is named in honour of W. Edwards Deming, its criteria are not specifically related to Deming’s teachings. There are three separate divisions for the award: the Deming Application Prise, the Deming Prise for Individuals and the Deming Prise for Overseas Companies. The award process is overseen by the Deming Prise Committee of the Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers in Tokyo
