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  • Essay / PDCA Cycles: Plan-Do-Check-Act - 1016

    PDCA Cycles (Plan-Do-Check-Act) were introduced by Walter Shewhart in 1930 and continually improved by Edward Deming, known as Deming Cycles. The main goals and objectives of this rotation are to achieve continuous improvement or can be described as increasing the quality of the product and process in terms of reducing the number of failures, improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the process as well than identify the problem from the root and resolve the problem effectively. For many years, the Deming cycle or the Deming wheel has been the most popular approach as a tool to perform in total quality management. This cycle provides a response process and a mechanism for continuous quality improvement to avoid potential risks in the process. This evergreen process development methodology can be described by four main cyclical steps called “Plan, Do, Check, Act”. Once the last few steps are completed, it will continue to start with the first one and then repeat the cycle again. As the characteristics of this cycle are repeated, the quality of the product and process will be improved since it gives feedback based on this cycle. Therefore, by implementing this methodology in companies and organizations, the process and actions can be evaluated periodically incorporating new improvements. Since the PDCA cycle is certainly made up of simple tools and techniques which can naturally fit into the perspective of total quality management, these tools can be used and useful for the problem solving process and therefore used effectively to support the achievement of quality management and perfection. The Deming cycle or PDCA cycle focuses on 4 cyclical steps which involve: • Planning The practice of "planning" was to discover the objectives, the target...... middle of paper...... ibed as pilot test.3. Since the end of the pilot test, it is important to check whether the implementation of the new improvement process is working effectively and whether the desired objectives have been achieved or not. Therefore, the engineer must check and study the result of the new process. If the new improvement process is not satisfactory and does not meet expectations, the engineer must modify and reprocess it as the work meets expectations.4. Finally, when the results meet the objectives and expectations, improvement will develop on a large scale in the organization's production chain. But stamping process activities still periodically implement the PDCA cycle as a quality improvement that is costly and reduces product defects. Some adjustments are needed to make the new process effective based on the feedback system..