PDCA

PLAN

Design or revise production/business process components to improve results. Define the

problem statement clearly & accurately. Use fish bone analysis, 5 why ? or Mind mapping to
find out the main causes and drill down to root cause. Understand clearly the back ground
and make scope specific (end of the tunnel) .A clear objective statement. Prepare a clear
action plan , where you want to go and how you want to go ?

DO
Implement the plan and measure its performance. Carrying out irreversible containment action
for all the root causes for a pilot size / proto sample and not full scale. During the process of
implementation, you will collect the data parallels, you will analyse the concluded solution and
start implementing it.
CHECK

Assess the measurements, monitor and evaluate the processes and results against objectives
and specifications and report the results to decision makers. Is there a way to check the
effectiveness of corrective action? What to do if your initial implementation is not successful.
You will repeat plan,do & check until desired results are achieved by considering lessons learnt.
ACT
Decide on changes needed to improve the process and apply actions to the outcome for
necessary improvement. This means reviewing all steps (Plan, Do, Check, Act) and modifying
the process to improve it before its next cycle of implementation. Standardize to full scale.
Since, it is done on a full scale you will once again do a Plan, Do & check giving weightage to
scale size.