What is PDCA Cycle?

Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle

The PDCA cycle can be applied to all processes and to the quality management system as a whole.

Representation of the structure of this International Standard in the PDCA cycle

                         Numbers in brackets refer to the clauses in this International Standard

The PDCA cycle can be briefly described as follows:

— Plan: establish the objectives of the system and its processes, and the resources needed to deliver results in accordance with customers’ requirements and the organization’s policies, and identify and address risks and opportunities;

— Do: implement what was planned;

— Check: monitor and (where applicable) measure processes and the resulting products and services against policies, objectives, requirements and planned activities, and report the results;

— Act: take actions to improve performance, as necessary.