Chapter 7 Quality Planning Tools
Chapter 7 Quality Planning Tools
Chapter 7 Quality Planning Tools
Tqm and
planning tools
• Identify quality tools for planning.
fishbone
Details 3. List the major
causes of the
1. Identify first the problem on the
problem spine of the fish.
2. Write it in the box 4. You can now
(head of the fish) resolve the
identified problem
Pareto chart
Alfredo Pareto, an economist who
noted that a few people controlled
most of the nation’s wealth.
Pareto’s Law has also been applied to
many other areas, including defects,
where a few causes are responsible for
most of the problems.
Pareto Principle, based upon the
principle which states that 80% of a
problem is attributable to 20% of its
causes, or inputs.
c h a r t
r e t o A vertical chart with
Pa Organizes and displays items organized in order
information in order to from the highest to the
demonstrate the relative lowest, relative to a
importance of various measurable effect such
problems or causes of as frequency, cost and
problems. time
Check sheets
Data is collected and
o An organized way ordered by adding tally Decisions can be based
of collecting and or check marks against on facts rather than
structuring data, its predetermined anecdotal evidence.
purpose is to categories of items.
collect the facts in
the most efficient
way.
o Ensures that the
information Check sheet items
collected is what should be mutually It simplifies the task of
was asked for and exclusive and to cover analysis.
that everyone is all reasonable
doing it the same categories.
way.
histogram It is a form of bar chart, used to measure
the frequency distribution of data that is
normally grouped together in ranges or
“bins”. Also, they are used to tell the
different regularity of occurrence in long
lists of data.
histogram
Evaluates the shape and central tendency of
data, and to assess whether or not the data
follow a specific distribution such as the
normal distribution.
Minimum of 50-75
Shows patterns that
data points should be
Provides an effective fall within typical
collected to guarantee
visual means of doing process conditions
sufficient number of
so
data points have been
gathered.
Control chart
Focuses on monitoring performance
over time by looking at the variation in
data points and distinguishes between
common cause and special cause
variations.
Plotting the data
Dating back to the
work of Shewart
and Deming, there
are several types
Con t r o l against pre-defined
upper and lower
control limits, it can be
determined whether
the process is steady
a r t
of control chart.
ch
and under control
It demonstrate
The Dow Jones when the data is
Industrial consistent or when
Average is a there are high or
good example of low outliers in the
a control chart occurrences of data
Practically
complex Monitors
statistical tools processes that
that measures are in control,
how a process using means and
changes over ranges
time
Control charts are the most complicated
of the basic tools of TQM, but are based
on simple principles.
Control limits are values that sample
measurements are not expected to
exceed unless some special cause
changes the process.
A sample measurement outside the
control limits therefore indicates that the
process is no longer stable, and is
usually reason for corrective action.
Scatter diagram
Used to identify whether there is
a relationship between two
variables.
It does not prove that one
variable directly affects the
other, but is highly effective in
confirming that a relationship
exists between the two.
Variables represent cause and
effect.
Scatter diagram
chart
process as it is carried out, which quite
often varies from how the process owner
imagines it is.
Seeing it visually makes identifying
both inefficiencies and potential
improvements easier.
Determine where the bottlenecks or
breakdowns are in work processes.
Also, used to show changes in a process
when improvements are made or to
show a new work flow process.
Flow chart
Danger in flow charting Another step is that the
is the use of assumed or steps plotted may not be
Sometimes called a
The utility of the chart
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process map, can be used
will correlate directly to to help the company
its accuracy. model its process.
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