RentalMetrics is the "in-sourced" management
consulting firm for the construction equipment rental sector. We're
headquartered in the heartland of America too. Please browse through our site
to gain some insight on how we think, what we do, and what makes us passionate
(some say obsessive) about extracting every last drop of efficiency from your
operations.Plan, Do, Check, Act
The iterative Shewhart cycle of Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA) was made popular in the 20th century by quality guru Dr. W. Edwards Deming, and with good cause. Scientific thinking yields consistent and measurable results.
Right now the RentalMetrics team is hard at work checking out our soon to be released Interactive Learning Environment (ILE). Why are we testing? Because we care about quality!
Even though PDCA was developed with the manufacturing industry in mind, it works on any kind of project. For Instance, at RentalMetrics:
We’ve made plans to deliver an interactive learning environment. Through brainstorming and research we’ve created the intellectual framework to design an top-notch portal for those interested in learning more about using business processes and technology solutions to manage their construction equipment fleets.
For the past few months we’ve done the work to integrate a variety of software tools and developed multimedia content.
Right now we’re checking out what we’ve made. We’re testing the login system, billing system, and the usability of the navigation to ensure proper function. How do we know if it works “right?” We check our results against what we’d planned!
As we act on applying changes and bug fixes we don’t end the PDCA process. We keep updating and reviewing our plans, doing what it takes to work out the kinks, checking and re-check the changes we’ve made, and fixing the problems we find.
Simple. Yes. Powerful. You bet. No matter what industry you’re in, or the end goal of the project, PDCA is a helpful framework for organizing projects in a scientific, results oriented manner.
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