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DMAIC Approach

5. Control

DMAIC is a data-driven improvement cycle to methodically identify inefficiencies and problem areas, with the goal of improving, optimizing, or stabilizing an existing process.

Establish standards and controls to sustain improvements in the long run.

1. Monitor improvements.

2. Create a control plan for the future.

3. Update existing documentation to reflect new process plan.

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SEATTLE (July 29, 2019) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) participates in a parade of ships in Elliott Bay during the 70th annual Seattle Fleet Week. Seattle Fleet Week 2019 is a time-honored celebration of the sea services and provides an opportunity for the citizens of Washington to meet Sailors and Coast Guardsmen, as well as witness firsthand the latest capabilities of today's maritime services. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Vaughan Dill/Released)

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance participates in a parade of ships in Elliott Bay

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Porter (DDG 78), right, and USS Donald Cook (DDG 75), are underway in formation for a photo exercise, March 29, 2020. Carney, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is on its seventh forward deployed naval force patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of regional allies and partners as well as U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Fred Gray IV/Released)

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