This is also known as building people before building cars, Toyota and other lean companies proposed that an engaged problem solving work force using PD is better able to innovate and stay ahead of the competition through rigorous problem solving and the subsequent innovations, this also creates a culture of problem solvers using PD and creating a culture of critical thinkers in six Sigma programs, the PD cycle is called define measure, analyze, improve control.
這也被稱為先造人再造車,豐田和其他精益公司提出,使用PD解決問題的員工隊伍能夠更好地進行創新,並通過嚴格的問題解決和隨後的創新在競爭中保持領先,這也創造了一種使用PD解決問題的文化,並在六西格瑪項目中創造了一種批判性思考者的文化,PD循環被稱為定義、測量、分析、改進控制。