Pareto chart
Find the few causes behind most of the problem.
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Improvement tools, free and in your language.
Twenty-six improvement tools, from the Pareto chart to the A3, in Arabic or English. They run in your browser: your data never leaves your computer, and there is nothing to sign up for.
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Fishbone
Lay out the possible causes under a few headings.
Open tool5 Whys
Ask why until you reach a cause you can act on.
Open toolSIPOC
Put a whole process on one page and fix its scope.
Open toolImpact / effort matrix
See which ideas to do first.
Open toolRun chart
See whether a measure has really moved.
Open toolControl chart
Tell normal ups and downs from a real signal.
Open toolA3 one-pager
Tell a whole improvement story on one page, with pictures.
Open toolCheck sheet
Count how often things happen, where the work is done.
Open toolHistogram and basic statistics
See the shape, centre and spread of your data.
Open toolTakt time and line balance
Match the pace of work to demand.
Open toolOEE calculator
Availability, performance and quality in one number.
Open toolTime and money saved
Turn minutes saved into an estimate a year.
Open toolStakeholder map
See who to start with when you change something.
Open toolBefore and after sheet
Show a small improvement on one page.
Open tool5S audit
Score an area on the five S and see what to fix.
Open toolOne-point lesson
Teach one thing on one page, mostly with pictures.
Open toolWaste walk (8 wastes)
Walk an area and note the waste you see, type by type.
Open toolRACI matrix
Make clear who does, owns, is asked and is told.
Open toolScatter plot
See whether two things move together.
Open toolSpaghetti diagram
Draw the path on a layout and measure the walking.
Open toolAffinity diagram
Group many ideas into a few themes.
Open toolCTQ tree
Turn what the customer says into measurable needs.
Open toolProcess capability (Cp / Cpk)
Can the process meet its limits? With the distribution drawn.
Open toolSample size
How much data you need before you decide.
Open toolValue stream map
Map the flow, the waiting and the lead time.
Open toolYour Pareto shows the problem. Tahseen runs the fix.
Turn a result into an idea or a project, with a named owner, signed gates and a verified saving.