PDCA methodology will be familiar to many businesses and forms a key part of implementing a number of ISO accreditations, and while it may be simple, it can also be a powerful tool for improvement. Plan Do Check Act' (PDCA) may sound a bit like a governmental directive or a health and safety missive, but this little known business methodology - which is also known as 'Plan. Do Check Adjust' - is a vital component of the ISO continual improvement cycle. As a result, numerous printers in the UK who have already gone down the ISO accreditation route will have come into contact with PDCA, but many may not be aware that they've used this methodology, whose roots can be traced back to the early 1930s.
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