The PDCA: Plan-Do-Check-Act) Cycles

The PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) cycles are introduced by Walter Shewhart in 1930 and continuous enhancement by Edward Deming which known as Deming Cycles. The main purposes and aims of this rotation is to attain continuous enhancement or can be described as to increase the quality of the product and process in term of reducing the number of failures, enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the process also to identify the problem from the root and solving the problem effectively. For many years, Deming’s cycle or Deming’s wheel are most well-liked approach as a tool to execute in Total Quality Management which this cycle provides a response process and mechanism for continuous quality enhancement due to avoid the potential risk in process. This evergreen process development methodology can be described by four main cyclic steps as known as “Plan, Do, Check, Act”, while finished the final steps, it will continue to start again with the first one and then repeated the cyclic again. As the characteristic of this cycle are repeatedly, the quality of the product and process will be improved since it gives the feedback based on this cycle. Therefore, by implementing this methodology in companies and organizations, the process and actions can be evaluated periodically integrate of new enhancements. Since the PDCA cycle are certainly uncomplicated tools and techniques which can naturally located within the Total Quality Management viewpoint, these tools can be utilized and useful for problem solving process and thus effectively used to sustain the realization for quality management and perfection.

The Deming’s cycle or PDCA cycle are focused on 4 cyclic steps which involve:

• Plan

The “plan” practice were find out the objectives, target...

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...ibed as pilot test.

3. Since it finished the pilot test, it is important to verify whether the implementation of new improvement process are changes work efficiently and has achieve the desired target and goals or not. Therefore, the engineer should checked and study the output of the new process. If the new improvement process are not satisfactory and do not meet expectation, the engineer should modify and reprocess as the work meet the expectation.

4. Finally, when the results are meet the target and expectations, the improvement will be developed on a large scale in the production line of the organization. But, the activities of stamping process still implement the PDCA cycle periodically as an improvement in term of quality, costly and reduce the defect of products. Some adjustment is required to make the new process efficiently based on the feedback system.