Readership: Researchers and practitioners in the area of quality control.

I have been involved in the field of quality and reliability engineering for more than 40 years. I have taught courses at both undergraduate and graduate levels, taught many short courses for a wide range of industries, conducted research, authored and coauthored books and papers in this field and was a consultant for many companies. Yet, to my astonishment, I was not aware of Homer M. Sarasohn's work in quality until I received a copy of this book. The book is a historical account of the subject of quality control by one of the key individuals who had worked through the Industry Branch of the American occupation army's Civil Communications Section (CCS) to improve the quality of the Japanese manufacturer of the radio and telephone communications. His work with Charles Protzman (both industrial engineers) has started the transformation of the quality of the Japanese products from quite basic to sophisticated and cutting‐edge like what we observe in modern times, especially in the field of electronics. The initial efforts in quality control in Japan began under Sarasohn. His persistent teaching of management and control of industry paved the way to the then ‘modern’ statistical quality control based on Shewhart's book and related material. He authored the book The Road to Quality Control in Japanese in 1950 and used its material to teach Japanese managers the principles of quality control, sampling and quality inspection methods. The book under review is a translation of this Japanese version. The book as such does not serve as a text for teaching quality control course since its technical coverage is brief and is confined only to Chapters II to V. Of course, the tools of the modern quality control have changed dramatically over the years due to the advances in sensing, computation power and materials processing. The contribution and influence of Shewart and Sarasohn's work in the early development in quality are undeniable, nonetheless. The seeds of the quality control in Japan were planted before Deming's arrival. This excellent book presents the principles of statistical quality control alongside a detailed history of evolution of the quality of Japanese products. I recommend this book as a supplement to those working and teaching the subject of quality control.

读者群：质量控制领域的研究人员和从业人员。

我从事质量和可靠性工程领域已有40多年的历史。我曾在本科和研究生两级任教，曾为众多行业教授过许多短期课程，在该领域进行过研究，撰写和合着著作和论文，并且是许多公司的顾问。然而，令我惊讶的是，直到我收到这本书的副本，我才意识到荷马·萨拉索恩的作品质量。这本书是质量控制主题的历史描述由曾在美国占领军民航部门（CCS）的工业部门工作以改善日本无线电和电话通信制造商质量的一位重要人士组成。他与查尔斯·普罗茨曼（Charles Protzman）（都是工业工程师）的合作开始了日本产品质量的转变，从现代到特别是在电子领域，我们已经从相当基本的产品转变为尖端和尖端的产品。日本在质量管理方面的最初努力始于萨拉索恩。他对工业管理和控制的持续教学为基于Shewhart的书和相关资料的“现代”统计质量控制铺平了道路。他撰写了《质量控制之路》一书1950年在日本以日语为基础，并用其材料向日本管理人员传授质量控制，抽样和质量检验方法的原理。本书正在对此日语版本进行翻译。由于本书的技术覆盖面很短，并且仅局限于第二章至第五章，因此该书不能用作教学质量控制课程的教材。当然，由于质量控制的原因，现代质量控制的工具多年来已发生了巨大变化。传感，计算能力和材料处理方面的进步。尽管如此，Shewart和Sarasohn的作品在质量的早期发展中的贡献和影响是不可否认的。日本质量控制的种子是在戴明到达之前种植的。这本出色的书介绍了统计质量控制的原理以及日本产品质量演变的详细历史。我推荐这本书作为对那些从事质量控制工作和教学的人们的补充。