Fishbone Diagram

Fishbone Diagrams solution extends ConceptDraw DIAGRAM software with templates, samples and library of vector stencils for drawing the Ishikawa diagrams for cause and effect analysis.

Management

This solution extends ConceptDraw DIAGRAM and ConceptDraw MINDMAP with Management Diagrams and Mind Maps (decision making, scheduling, thinking ideas, problem solving, business planning, company organizing, SWOT analysis, preparing and holding meetings

PM Response

The PM Response solution extends the functional abilities in project management for all three ConceptDraw products by helping to improve the response time to project changes, to plan on how to effectively respond on issues and events impacting the project. It supplies the project managers, team leaders, and all other project participants with wide abilities of iteration planning, creative collaboration, effective decision-making, discussions of the project layout approaches and solving the project challenges, lets them use mind mapping technique for iteration planning and applying the project changes, to represent the projects data as Mind Maps and use them to construct the clear plans, to convert project maps to project implementations, to use different kinds of Visual diagrams to solve the current project problems and to make correct decisions, to plan resources usage and to respond to changes in the project environment.

Fishbone Diagram

"Causes in the diagram are often categorized, such as to the 6 M's ...
The 6 Ms (used in manufacturing industry)
- Machine (technology)
- Method (process)
- Material (Includes Raw Material, Consumables and Information.)
- Man Power (physical work)/ Mind Power (brain work): Kaizens, Suggestions
- Measurement (Inspection)
- Milieu/ Mother Nature (Environment)
The original 6Ms used by the Toyota Production System have been expanded by some to include the following and are referred to as the 8Ms. However, this is not globally recognized. It has been suggested to return to the roots of the tools and to keep the teaching simple while recognizing the original intent; most programs do not address the 8Ms.
- Management/ Money Power
- Maintenance" [Ishikawa diagram. Wikipedia]
The 4Ms fishbone diagram (cause and effect diagram, Ishikawa diagram) example "Production process" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Fishbone Diagrams solution from the Management area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

4Ms Ishikawa diagram

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Business diagrams & Org Charts with ConceptDraw DIAGRAM

Business flowcharting tool helps you create a flowchart with minimal effort. With ConceptDraw you can make a flowchart, draw data flow diagrams, orgchart professional, process flow diagrams etc - without any prior knowledge or training.

Draw Business Process Diagrams

Fishbone Diagram

"Ishikawa diagrams (also called fishbone diagrams, herringbone diagrams, cause-and-effect diagrams, or Fishikawa) are causal diagrams created by Kaoru Ishikawa (1968) that show the causes of a specific event. Common uses of the Ishikawa diagram are product design and quality defect prevention, to identify potential factors causing an overall effect. Each cause or reason for imperfection is a source of variation. Causes are usually grouped into major categories to identify these sources of variation. The categories typically include:
- People: Anyone involved with the process
- Methods: How the process is performed and the specific requirements for doing it, such as policies, procedures, rules, regulations and laws
- Machines: Any equipment, computers, tools, etc. required to accomplish the job
- Materials: Raw materials, parts, pens, paper, etc. used to produce the final product
- Measurements: Data generated from the process that are used to evaluate its quality
- Environment: The conditions, such as location, time, temperature, and culture in which the process operates" [Ishikawa diagram. Wikipedia]
The fishbone diagram example "Causes of low-quality output" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Fishbone Diagrams solution from the Management area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

Ishikawa diagram

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Fishbone Diagrams

Total Quality Management with ConceptDraw

Total Quality Management (TQM) system is the management method where the confidence in quality of all organization processes is placed foremost. The given method is widely used in production, in educational system, in government organizations and so on.

Event-driven Process Chain Diagrams

Event-Driven Process Chain Diagrams solution extends ConceptDraw DIAGRAM functionality with event driven process chain templates, samples of EPC engineering and modeling the business processes, and a vector shape library for drawing the EPC diagrams and EPC flowcharts of any complexity. It is one of EPC IT solutions that assist the marketing experts, business specialists, engineers, educators and researchers in resources planning and improving the business processes using the EPC flowchart or EPC diagram. Use the EPC solutions tools to construct the chain of events and functions, to illustrate the structure of a business process control flow, to describe people and tasks for execution the business processes, to identify the inefficient businesses processes and measures required to make them efficient.

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