Everyone has to make decisions every day because we all have choices to make in life. Regardless of the importance of the decision that have to be made, careful thoughts and consideration must be given before a decision can be rendered. It is nice to make a quick decision however, one must conduct a thorough analysis before rendering that decision. Therefore, the knowledge of the Fishbone diagram is good, so that the techniques learned can be applied in making important decisions. The Fishbone diagram is a great tool to help assist in problem solving.
Fish Bone Tool
A fish bone diagram called the cause and effect diagram is a root cause analysis and Ishikawa diagram. …show more content…
You will take the pen and write the problem statement in the center right corner of the flipchart, draw a box around the problem and a horizontal line or arrow running towards it (Fishbone Diagram, 2014). Team members will get together and write down categories; causes of the problem, methods, machine etc. Write the causes pointing away from the arrow and begin brainstorming pinpointing the causes of the problem, asking why does this happen? When the idea is agreed upon the one in charge of the dialogue write it down on the branch relating to its group. If the group does not have any more ideas they will direct their attention to places on the chart where there is hardly …show more content…
These problems should be written down so there are records of what is being identified. It allows team members the opportunity before they begin to change initiative to conduct analysis (The Lean Six Sigma Pocket Tool Book, 2014). It allows the team to identify opportunities concentrating on task in order to save time so that they can understand the relationships. Thus, it helps individuals from getting blamed. It provide team members a baseline for a more detailed analysis to assist individual’s to work as one to discuss and review details of each category on the chart. For example, a Fishbone diagram is most useful when used to list categories and or causes of the outcome: such as, operating processes, people, materials, resources or raw materials, machinery and equipment, company policies, and working procedures; thus, brainstorming activities is involved in the project to identify subcategories under the main categories (Fishbone Diagram, 2014), what influence do our staff have on operating processes? How does raw materials inputs affect machinery and equipment? How does machinery affect the working environment? And what company policies affect the workers? Thus, it helps business owners in pinpointing problems within the project, providing them information that is visually illustrated so they have a