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Improvement cycle based on the scientific method of proposing a change to a process, implementing the change, analyzing the results and taking the appropriate action.
Meaning and application in management
Improvement cycle based on the scientific method of proposing a change to a process, implementing the change, analyzing the results and taking the appropriate action. Also known as the Deming Cycle or Deming Wheel, because the person who introduced the concept in Japan in the 1950s was W. Edwards Deming.
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