The PDSA cycle used in TQM is not fundamentally different than the Six Sigma DMAIC cycle. But there are differences. Critical differences. And these differences explain why the popularity of TQM has waned, while Six Sigma's popularity continues to grow. The difference, in a word, is ...
in the factories of Toyota in the 1950s, W. Edwards Deming developed the Deming Cycle. In the 1980s he evolved it into the plan-do-study-act (PDSA) cycle for learning and improvement. He claimed that the PDSA cycle was different from the Japanese plan-do-check-act (PDCA) cycle. ...
Institutional inertia solutions: Use plan-do-study-act (PDSA) cycle The author’s proposal for quality improvement to happen through the plan-do-study-act (PDSA) is a good one in theory. The authors also argue for more reimbursement for information sharing activities. In fact, I would believe...