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Introduction & Why use the 7 QC Tools?

What are 7 QC tools?
Pareto Chart
Cause & Effect Analysis
Histogram
Check Sheet
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Purpose:
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How is it done?

Create a preliminary list of problem classifications.

Tally the occurrences in each problem classification.
Arrange each classification in order from highest to lowest
Construct the bar chart

Benefits:

Pareto analysis helps graphically display results so the significant few

problems emerge from the general background
It tells you what to work on first

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Cause & Effect Analysis

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Purpose:

Graphical representation of the trail leading to the root cause of a

problem
It’s a diagram that demonstrates the relationship between Effects and the
categories of their causes
The Arrangement of the Diagram lets it look like a fishbone it is therefore
also called fish-bone diagram
How is it done?

Decide which quality characteristic (https://qualityengineerstuff.com/sc-

and-cc/), outcome or effect you want to examine (may use Pareto chart)
Backbone –draw straight line
Ribs – categories
Medium size bones –secondary causes
Small bones – root causes
Benefits:

Breaks problems down into bite-size pieces to find root cause

Fosters teamwork
Common understanding of factors causing the problem
Road map to verify picture of the process
Follows brainstorming relationship

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Histogram
Purpose:

A Histogram is a bar graph

To determine the spread or variation of a set of data points in a graphical
form
usually used to present frequency
How is it done?

Collect data, 50-100 data point

Determine the range of the data
Calculate the size of the class interval
Divide data points into classes
Determine the class boundary
Count # of data points in each class
Draw the histogram
Benefits:

Allows you to understand at a glance the variation that exists in a process

The shape of the histogram will show process behavior
Often, it will tell you to dig deeper for otherwise unseen causes of
variation.
The shape and size of the dispersion will help identify otherwise hidden
sources of variation
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Starting point for the improvement process
Check Sheet
Purpose:

Tool for collecting and

organizing measured or
counted data
Data collected can be
used as input data for
other quality tools
Benefits:

Collect data in a systematic and organized manner

To determine source of problem
To facilitate classification of data (stratification).

Scatter Diagram
Purpose:

To identify the correlations that might exist between a quality

characteristic and a factor that might be driving it
A scatter diagram shows the correlation between two variables in a
process.
These variables could be a Critical to Quality (CTQ) characteristic
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factors affecting a CTQ or two related quality characteristics.
Dots representing data points are scattered on the diagram.
The extent to which the dots cluster together in a line across the diagram
shows the strength with.
Benefits:

Decide which paired factors you want to examine. Both factors must be
measurable on some incremental linear scale.
Collect 30 to 100 paired data points.
Find the highest and lowest value for both variables.
Draw the vertical (y) and horizontal (x) axes of a graph.
Plot the data
Title the diagram

The shape that the cluster of dots takes will tell you something about the
relationship between the two variables that you tested.
You may occasionally get scatter diagrams that look boomerang- or
banana-shaped.

To analyze the strength of the correlation, divide the scatter plot into two
sections.
Treat each half separately in your analysis
Benefits:

Helps identify and test probable causes.

By knowing which elements of your process are related and how they are
related, you will know what to control or what to vary to affect a quality
characteristic.

Control Chart
Purpose:

The primary purpose of a control chart is to predict expected product

outcome.
Statistical tool, showing whether, a process is in control
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Taking samples of a process and detect possibility of process being out of
control

How does it Work?

Define Upper limit, lower limit and

medium value
Draw Chart.
Gather values and draw them into
chart
Benefits:

Predict process out of control and out of specification limits

Distinguish between specific, identifiable causes of variation
 Can be used for statistical process control
Strategy for eliminating assignable-cause variation:

Get timely data so that you see the effect of the assignable cause soon
after it occurs.
As soon as you see something that indicates that an assignable cause of
variation has happened, search for the cause.
Change tools to compensate for the assignable cause.
Strategy for reducing common-cause variation:

Do not attempt to explain the difference between any of the values or

data points produced by a stable system in control.
Reducing common-cause variation usually requires making fundamental
changes in your process

Flow Chart
Purpose:

Visual illustration of the sequence of operations required to complete a

task.
Schematic drawing of the process to measure or improve.
Starting point for process improvement
Potential weakness in the process are made visual.
Picture of process as it should be.
Way of representing a Procedure using simple symbols and arrows
How is it done?

List major steps

Write the process step inside each symbol
Connect the Symbols with arrows showing the direction of flow
List sub-steps under each in order they occur

Benefits:

Identify process improvements

Understand the process
Shows duplicated effort and other non-value-added steps
Clarify working relationships between people and organizations
Target specific steps in the process for improvement.
Simplest of all flowcharts
Used for planning new processes or examining existing one
Keep people focused on the whole process
 Show what happens at each step in the process
Show what happens when non-standard events occur
Graphically display processes to identify redundancies and other wasted
effort

Benefits of all – Tool-wise

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