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The plan–do–check–act cycle is an example of a continual improvement process. The PDCA (plan, do, check, act) or (plan, do, check, adjust) cycle supports continuous improvement and kaizen. It provides a process for improvement which can be used since the early design (planning) stage of any process, system, product or service.
PDCA or plan–do–check–act (sometimes called plan–do–check–adjust) is an iterative design and management method used in business for the control and continual improvement of processes and products. [1] It is also known as the Shewhart cycle, or the control circle/cycle. Another version of this PDCA cycle is OPDCA. [2]
Deming's teachings and philosophy are clearly illustrated by examining the results they produced after they were adopted by Japanese industry, [6] as the following example (called the Ford-Mazda study) shows. Ford Motor Company was simultaneously manufacturing a car model with transmissions made in Japan (by Mazda) and the United States (by Ford).
The recommendation was to adopt the teachings of W. Edwards Deming. [3] [4] The Navy branded the effort "Total Quality Management" in 1985. [3] [Note 1] From the Navy, TQM spread throughout the US Federal Government, resulting in the following: The creation of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in August 1987
This is a list of man-made disasters in the Philippines. This includes only acts that were not deliberately perpetrated and involved significant damage or loss of life. This includes only acts that were not deliberately perpetrated and involved significant damage or loss of life.
Approving the Merger of the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) and the United Coconut Planters Bank (UCPB), and the Acquisition by the LBP of the Special Preferred Shares of the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) in the UCPB [142] 143 Creating the Energy Virtual One-Stop Shop Task Group, Providing Its Functions, and for Other Purposes
This is a list of terms which are used, or have been used in the past, to designate the residents of specific provinces of the Philippines. These terms sometimes overlap with demonyms of ethnic groups in the Philippines , which are also used as identifiers in common parlance.
The following list are the fourteen most deadly storms that impacted the Philippines from 2000. Storms that are known to have killed at least 100 people are included in this list. Only six storms have exceeded the death toll of 1,000. Total number of deaths recorded are only from the country itself.