Created in the 20s by American physicist Shewhart, the PDCA rose to prominence in the 50s by W. Edwards Deming's work, American statistician. Filmography The PDCA is the basis for any organization that wants to manage its operations through quality management. Filmography Comprising four stages, the continuous improvement cycle is explained below:
(P) Plan: strong> companies working in an organized way from the beginning, invest their time in planning activities that will develop over time. The planning of future activities depends on information obtained from different sources. This information serves as input for taking actions, the next step of the PDCA cycle. Entries for the planning stage: mission, vision, values, SWOT analysis, objectives, results, etc. Planning stage outputs: action plans
. (D) Run: strong> this step is the implementation of the action plans established during the previous step (planning)
. Entries for the execution stage:. Action plans
Outputs the execution phase: actions taken as action plans
. (C) Check: strong> this step is the evaluation of the results obtained after the implementation of actions
. Entries for checking stage: results of actions executed as action plans, monitoring indicators
. Checking step outs: standardization of activities, corrective actions and / or preventive as the results
. (A) act: strong> this step is the implementation of actions from the results.
Entries to the action stage: results of actions executed as action plans.
Action step outs: standardization activities, corrective actions and preventive actions
. As described earlier, the PDCA is critical for any organization that wants to manage its operations on the basis of quality.