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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Developed by Deming, one of the pioneers of total quality management, is a circular model known as ____ as his version of continuous improvement.
A
Six Sigma
B
Employee Empowerment
C
Plan-Do-Check-Act
D
Benchmarking
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -PDCA is associated with W. Edwards Deming, who is considered by many to be the father of modern quality control; however, he used PDSA (Plan-Do-Study-Act) and referred to it as the “Shewhart cycle".

Detailed explanation-2: -Overview: What is the Deming Cycle (or PDCA)? Dr. Walter A. Shewhart, the renowned physicist and statistician from Western Electric and Bell Labs, developed the original concept during the 1920s.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Deming cycle is a continuous quality improvement model which consists of a logical sequence of four key stages: Plan, Do, Study, and Act.

Detailed explanation-4: -Quality circles were originally described by W. Edwards Deming in the 1950s, Deming praised Toyota as an example of the practice. The idea was later formalized across Japan in 1962 and expanded by others such as Kaoru Ishikawa.

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