8D process Quick Reference Card
in a printable badge size card
0D Plan + D1 Team
D4 IDENTIFY & VERIFY
Root Causes
• why done?, why escape?
D5 SELECT & VERIFY
Corrective Actions
• why done?, why escape?
• Test effectiveness, prove
with data MSA
D8 CLOSE
• Document and share lessons
learned
• Team or individual
recognition
D2 DESCRIBE problem
• Object, deviation
• Specify: What, where, when
& extent
D3 CONTAIN Implement &
verify
• Lot trace, Clean point &
certified material, Quality
Alert,
• Risks Customer, reputation,
EXTRA activities for clean
point, production stop, etc
D6 Implement & validate
PERMANENT CORRECTIVE
ACTIONS
• why done?, why escape?
• Validate with data
• Remove containments
D7 PREVENT recurrence
• Why system did not
prevented?
• Update documents
• Look across (plants,
platforms)