2019-09-112019-09-112019-09-112018-12-11https://ri.ucsal.br/handle/prefix/980Every area or industrial segment has several specific processes along its production chain. With the demand of market for even better products in terms of quality and cost, PDCA emerges as a cyclical tool that has four management steps and is very useful, delivering very positive results when applied. Analyzing the use of PDCA as a fundamental part to achieve better results in different areas, it can be said that the methodology continues to be increasingly used and consolidated over the years. As a segment of study, it was proposed the effort in researches in different cases of application of the methodology in industries of several segments. The study was realized, from a literature review, for theoretical background associated with field research in order to prove the effectiveness of the application of the tool as one of the ways to obtain improvement continuous around its processes through the solution of problems. The accomplishment of this exploratory research had the intention to confirm the systematic of use of the methodology and its auxiliary tools in search of satisfactory results for the area of chemical engineering, and of the industries of the most diverse sectors described in this articleAcesso AbertoGestãoMelhoria ContínuaProcessosEngenharia QuímicaManagementContinuous ImprovementProcessesChemical EngineeringTrabalho de Conclusão de CursoEngenharias