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Seven basic tools of quality

Fixed set of visual exercises for troubleshooting issues related to quality

Summary

Fixed set of visual exercises for troubleshooting issues related to quality

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The seven basic tools of quality are a fixed set of visual exercises identified as being most helpful in troubleshooting issues related to quality. They are called basic because they are suitable for people with little formal training in statistics and because they can be used to solve the vast majority of quality-related issues.

Overview

The seven tools are:

  1. Cause-and-effect diagram (also known as the "fishbone diagram" or Ishikawa diagram)
  2. Check sheet
  3. Control chart
  4. Histogram
  5. Pareto chart
  6. Scatter diagram
  7. Stratification (alternatively, flow chart or run chart)

The designation arose in postwar Japan, inspired by the seven famous weapons of Benkei. It was possibly introduced by Kaoru Ishikawa who in turn was influenced by a series of lectures W. Edwards Deming had given to Japanese engineers and scientists in 1950. At that time, companies that had set about training their workforces in statistical quality control found that the complexity of the subject intimidated most of their workers and scaled back training to focus primarily on simpler methods which suffice for most quality-related issues. The Project Management Institute references the seven basic tools in A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge as an example of a set of general tools useful for planning or controlling project quality.

The seven basic tools stand in contrast to more advanced statistical methods such as survey sampling, acceptance sampling, statistical hypothesis testing, design of experiments, multivariate analysis, and various methods developed in the field of operations research.

References

Footnotes

Bibliography

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  • {{cite book |author-link=Kaoru Ishikawa |translator-last=Lu |translator-first=David J. |url-access=registration
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References

  1. {{harvnb. Ishikawa. 1985
  2. Moore, Matthew. (30 November 2007). "The Seven Basic Tools of Quality".
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