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Tessin Components runs a Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle on its defect rate. A trial of a new fixture on one line cut defects by 30%, and the team now compares results with the target and decides to roll the fixture out to all lines and update the work standards. Which stage of the cycle is the roll-out and standard update?

The roll-out and updating of standards is the Act stage of the Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle. Planning set the change, the trial was Do, and comparing results with the target was Check. Act embeds successful change and starts the next improvement cycle.

  1. APlan
  2. BDo
  3. CCheck
  4. DActCorrect

Explanation

Plan sets the objective and the change, Do trials it, and Check compares results with the target. Adopting the change widely and standardising it is the Act stage, which then feeds the next cycle.

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