The Deming Wheel.

Decision Making Tools and Techniques. There are several different tool the aide in the decision making process. The Deming Cycle is just one of the techniques. The Deming Cycle is used to control improvements to projects and the required outcome. The Deming Cycle is a process used for continuous improvement efforts. The Deming Cycle increases the long term solutions to processes versus the reaction approach to problems. See Appendix A Figure 1.0 for Deming's PDCA Cycle …

…continue the proposed solution or begin at the plan stage again. Appendix A Figure 1.0 Deming PDCA Cycle Diagram References: Arveson , P. (1998). The Deming Cycle. Retrieved 05/09/2005, from http://www.balancedscorecard.org/bkgd/pdca.html Cohen, P. (2005). Deming's 14 Points. Retrieved 05/10/2005, from http://www.hci.com.au/hcisite3/articles/deming.htm HCi (2005). PDCA Cycle. Retrieved 05/08/2005, from http://www.hci.com.au/hcisite2/toolkit/pdcacycl.htm SaferPark (2005). Plan Do Study Act. Retrieved 05/09/2005, from http://www.saferpak.com/pdsa.htm