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"Causes in the diagram are often categorized, such as to the 6 M's ...
The 6 Ms (used in manufacturing industry):
(1) Machine (technology);
(2) Method (process);
(3) Material (Includes Raw Material, Consumables and Information.);
(4) Man Power (physical work)/ Mind Power (brain work): Kaizens, Suggestions;
(5) Measurement (Inspection);
(6) 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.
(7) Management/ Money Power;
(8) Maintenance." [Ishikawa diagram. Wikipedia]
This 8Ms Ishikawa diagram (manufacturing cause and effect diagram) template is included in the Fishbone Diagram solution from the Management area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
8Ms Ishikawa diagram
8Ms Ishikawa diagram, effect, cause, category,
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How to Create a Fishbone (Ishikawa) Diagram Quickly

How to Create a Fishbone (Ishikawa) Diagram Quickly
A Fishbone (Ishikawa) diagram is also called a cause-and-effect diagram. Fishbone diagram is often used in business to determine the cause of some problem. The diagram illustrates the main causes and sub-causes leading to an event. The main goal of the Fishbone diagram is to illustrate in a graphical way the relationship between a given outcome and all the factors that influence this outcome. The complete diagram resembles a fish skeleton as its name implies. The ability to create a Fishbone Diagram is supported by the Fishbone Diagram solution. Use ConceptDraw MINDMAP for structuring data and then ConceptDraw DIAGRAM for generating a Fishbone Diagram from mind map structure.

Fishbone Diagram

Fishbone Diagram is another name for the Cause and Effect Diagram or the Ishikawa Diagram which got its name from the fact that it looks like a fish skeleton. Developed by Kaoru Ishikawa in 1968, a Fishbone Diagram is effectively used for a cause and effect analysis which allows to consider all possible causes for a certain problem or event.
ConceptDraw DIAGRAM supplied with Fishbone Diagrams solution from the Management area is the best software for fast and easy drawing professional looking Fishbone Diagram.
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How To Create Cause and Effect (Fishbone) Diagram in MS Visio

How To Create Cause and Effect (Fishbone) Diagram in MS Visio
Cause-and-Effect Ishikawa Diagram is a graphical method of analysis and cause-effect relationships, a tool in the form of fish bone. It is used to systematically determine the cause of the problem and represent it graphically. The technique is primarily used in the framework of quality management for the analysis of quality problems and their causes. Nowadays, it has found worldwide distribution and is used in multiple problem areas. It is one of the tools of lean manufacturing, which is used in group work to find the problems and their causes. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM allows you to easily create Fishbone (Ishikawa) diagram and then make an MS Visio VSDX, or VSD files from your diagrams in a couple clicks, using the export capabilities of ConceptDraw DIAGRAM.
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How to Draw a Fishbone Diagram

How to Draw a Fishbone Diagram
Fishbone (Ishikawa) Diagram is often used in business to determine the cause of some problem. A Fishbone diagram is also called a cause-and-effect diagram. The main goal of the Fishbone diagram is to illustrate in a graphical way the relationship between a given outcome and all the factors that influence this outcome. The complete diagram resembles a fish skeleton as its name implies. Cause and Effect analysis is used in management to identify the possible causes of a problem in order to eliminate them. The ability to create a Fishbone Diagram is supported by the Fishbone Diagram solution.
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How to Add a Fishbone (Ishikawa) Diagram to an MS Word Document

The ability to create a fishbone (Ishikawa) Diagram is supported by the ConceptDraw Fishbone Diagram solution. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM allows you to easily create fishbone diagrams and then insert them into an MS Word document.
This example was created on the base of the figure from the website of Minnesota Department of Health. [health.state.mn.us/ divs/ opi/ qi/ images/ fishbone_ ex.png]
"Minnesota’s Health Alert Network (HAN) enables public health staff, tribal governments, health care providers, emergency workers, and others working to protect the public to exchange information during a disease outbreak, environmental threat, natural disaster, or act of terrorism." [health.state.mn.us/ han/ ]
The fishbone diagram example "HAN project" 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
Ishikawa diagram, reason, secondary cause, effect, cause, category,
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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.

Business Diagram Software

ConceptDraw business diagram Software is the most powerful business and relational charting software. Create advanced, completely customizable flow charts, organizational charts, business process diagrams, work flow diagrams, audit diagram, value stream maps, TQM diagrams, ERD diagrams, EPC diagrams, marketing diagrams, cause and effect diagrams, dashboards, infographics and other relational business diagrams from your data.
Business Process Modeling
Business Process Modeling

project, planning, mind mapping, project plan, project management tool PM Easy

project, planning, mind mapping, project plan, project management tool
PM Easy solution extends the ConceptDraw PROJECT functionality with an ability to support neutral methodology of project management and to quickly start a project by listing the task relationships and dependencies, that makes the iterative planning much easier. The project management tool and available visual tools, such as mind mapping, increase the effectiveness of tracking and analysis your project tasks. PM Easy solution from ConceptDraw Solution Park is mainly targeted at project managers in small or medium-sized companies, allowing them to make the project plan and execute projects using mind mapping technique, to implement planning using mind mapping, and to track tasks using ConceptDraw PROJECT application.

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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
Draw Business Process Diagrams
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How to Create a Stakeholder Onion Diagram

Stakeholder Onion Diagram
The Stakeholder Onion Diagram is stakeholder analysis tool from the arsenal of project management. It is used to display the relationships of stakeholders to a project goal. An Onion Diagram shows how stakeholder activities affect project results. The ConceptDraw Stakeholder Onion Diagram solution is intended to depict how the relationships that subsist in a project environment can influence on a project. A set of libraries and objects provided by this solution make short work of visualizing the stakeholder analysis of a project.
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