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Plan-Do-Check-Act Cycle of Decision-Making
There are a number of tools and techniques used to make sound business decisions that will help to resolve a particular problem or area that needs improvement. There is not one correct tool or technique to be used for each problem faced and not all are appropriate for all problems. He or she should examine the available tools and techniques and apply one or more than one that will help to resolve the problem faced. One of those tools and techniques is the "Plan-Do-Check-Act" or PDCA cycle. The PDCA cycle is made up of four stages, Plan, Do, Check, and Act that are progressed in order and are dependent on each stages success.
History
"The PDCA Cycle was originally developed by Walter Shewhart, the pioneering statistician who developed statistical process control in the Bell Laboratories in the US during the 1930's. It is often referred to as the "Shewhart Cycle". It was taken up and promoted very effectively from the 1950s on by the......

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