Open AccessPDCA cycle as a part of continuous improvement in the production company - a case study
Author(s) -
Marta Jagusiak-Kocik
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
production engineering archives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2353-7779
pISSN - 2353-5156
DOI - 10.30657/pea.2017.14.05
Subject(s) - pdca , production cycle , quality management , production (economics) , manufacturing engineering , operations management , quality (philosophy) , business , computer science , engineering , economics , management system , philosophy , epistemology , macroeconomics
The paper presents a case study of the practical use of Deming cycle in a manufacturing company, from the plastics processing industry, from the sector of small and medium-sized enterprises. The paper is a study of literature in the field of continuous improvement and characterized by a cycle of continuous improvement, called the Deming cycle, or PDCA cycle. This cycle was used as a solution to quality problems which occurred during production of photo frames: discolorations and scorches on the surface of the frame. When measures were introduced to reduce the number of nonconformities, a decrease by more than 60% was observed.