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3 unusual facts about Noriaki Kano


Kano model

The Kano model is a theory of product development and customer satisfaction developed in the 1980s by Professor Noriaki Kano, which classifies customer preferences into five categories.

Noriaki Kano

He was the 1997 recipient of the Deming Prize for Individuals, administered by the Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers (JUSE).

He is the developer of a customer satisfaction model (now known as the Kano model) whose simple ranking scheme distinguishes between essential and differentiating attributes related to concepts of customer quality.



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