Re: Continual Improvement & Preventive action
This is exactly where I get wrapped around the wheel. By continually improving a process, we are by default preventing failures from occurring, aren't we?
My organization is constantly improving process. However, we typically do not assign the improvement as 'preventive' even though it is.
Could Preventive Action be considered related to specific outputs from a process and changes to the process itself be considered Continual Improvement?
I can completely understand Preventive Action as it relates to design, with
FMEA et. al, but I have a very difficult time when trying to relate it to Process. Any assistance in clarification would be greatly appreciated.