The advantages of PDCA include the integration of all company team members, which has a positive effect on the atmosphere within the organization. The cycle is also versatile and has an unlimited number of applications. It can be useful for both failure analysis and product manufacturing, and can be repeated again after completion of the final stage. Disadvantages of PDCA lie mainly in its fixed structure of stages, which often provide little room for other ideas or variables. It also takes a lot of time to plan the concept because the four stages lead to slow progress.