Seven Basic Tools of Quality - Fishbone Diagram
Fishbone Diagram (also known as Ishikawa diagram, Cause-and-Effect diagram) is one of the seven basic tools of quality control:
- Cause-and-Effect diagram
- Check sheet
- Control chart
- Histogram
- Pareto chart
- Scatter diagram
- Stratification (alternately, Flow Chart or Run Chart)
Fishbone Diagram is widely used in quality control for description and visually representation causes of a specific event, for effectively prevention quality defects in product design.
ConceptDraw DIAGRAM enhanced with Seven Basic Tools of Quality solution from the Quality area of ConceptDraw Solution Park is an ideal software for fast and easy drawing professional looking quality diagrams, including a Fishbone diagram.
Example 1. Seven Basic Tools of Quality - Fishbone Diagram. Design Elements for Apple OS X and Windows
At your disposal are 9 libraries with variety of predesigned vector elements offered by Seven Basic Tools of Quality Solution. Their contents you can see on the sample above.
For drawing a Fishbone Diagram of any complexity, use the objects from the Cause-and-Effect Diagram library.
Not less useful for all who's going to draw the Fishbone Diagram will be a pre-prepared samples offered by Seven Basic Tools of Quality Solution in ConceptDraw STORE.
Example 2. Seven Basic Tools of Quality Solution in ConceptDraw STORE
The Fishbone diagram you see on this page was created in ConceptDraw DIAGRAM software using the Seven Basic Tools of Quality Solution. It successfully demonstrates solution's capabilities and professional results you can achieve. An experienced user spent 10 minutes creating this sample.
Use the Seven Basic Tools of Quality Solution for ConceptDraw DIAGRAM software to create your own professional looking quality diagrams of any complexity quick, easy and effective.
All source documents are vector graphic documents. They are available for reviewing, modifying, or converting to a variety of formats (PDF file, MS PowerPoint, MS Visio, and many other graphic formats) from the ConceptDraw STORE. The Seven Basic Tools of Quality Solution is available for all ConceptDraw DIAGRAM
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ConceptDraw MINDMAP has a addition to the ConceptDraw Solution Park that provides a creative approach to visualizing quality processes, Quality Mind Map Solution.
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When trying to figure out the nature of the problems occurring within a project, there are many ways to develop such understanding. One of the most common ways to document processes for further improvement is to draw a process flowchart, which depicts the activities of the process arranged in sequential order — this is business process management. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM is business process mapping software with impressive range of productivity features for business process management and classic project management. This business process management software is helpful for many purposes from different payment processes, or manufacturing processes to chemical processes. Business process mapping flowcharts helps clarify the actual workflow of different people engaged in the same process. This samples were made with ConceptDraw DIAGRAM — business process mapping software for flowcharting and used as classic visio alternative because its briefly named "visio for mac" and for windows, this sort of software named the business process management tools.
This flowchart diagram shows a process flow of project management. The diagram that is presented here depicts the project life cycle that is basic for the most of project management methods. Breaking a project into phases allows to track it in the proper manner. Through separation on phases, the total workflow of a project is divided into some foreseeable components, thus making it easier to follow the project status. A project life cycle commonly includes: initiation, definition, design, development and implementation phases. Distinguished method to show parallel and interdependent processes, as well as project life cycle relationships. A flowchart diagram is often used as visual guide to project. For instance, it used by marketing project management software for visualizing stages of marketing activities or as project management workflow tools. Created with ConceptDraw DIAGRAM — business process mapping software which is flowcharting visio alternative or shortly its visio for mac, this sort of software platform often named the business process management tools.
Picture: Process Flowchart: A Step-by-Step Comprehensive Guide
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ConceptDraw MINDMAP with Quality mindmaps solution as a demonstration of the creative approach to quality management in daily work of quality management team.
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The Value Stream Map is one of the key tools of lean practitioners. It helps aptly describe the manufacturing processes both complex and simple. It supports process improvement, allows identifying waste, and reducing process cycle times. Use ConceptDraw DIAGRAM extended with Value Stream Mapping solution to document processes starting with a professionally designed Value Stream Mapping template.
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The visual form of mind maps is helpful in all stages of quality management, from describing problem to describing and documenting a decision.
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Successful quality management implemented in a company of any size is a critical component of a company organization.
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Describing the way data flows through an information system might become a subject of a study. One of the kinds on a data flow diagram is called Gane Sarson Diagram after its authors, and it slightly differs from other notations. Process symbols in this notation are depicted as rounded rectangles connected with arrows representing data flows.
This is a sample of data flow diagram. It demonstrates utilization of the Gane-Sarson notation for making DFD on the example of an online appointment system of the Health Centre. This sample is used the vector objects library of Gane-Sarson DFD notation supplied by the ConceptDraw solution for data flow diagramming. It contains all symbols of the Gane-Sarson notation including connectors, jumps, and processes. This solution can be successfully utilized to generate DFDs for business documentation, and presentations.
Picture: Gane Sarson Diagram
