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Create Fishbone Diagrams

Common uses of the Fishbone (Ishikawa) diagrams are product design and quality defect prevention. They are effectively used to identify potential factors causing an overall effect for making possibility to solve a problem. To create Fishbone Diagrams, Cause-and-Effect Diagrams, Ishikawa Diagrams, we recommend to use a ConceptDraw DIAGRAM software enhanced with Fishbone Diagrams solution from the Management area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

Total Quality Management Business Diagram

The Total Quality Management Diagram solution helps you and your organization visualize business and industrial processes. Create Total Quality Management diagrams for business process with ConceptDraw software.

Fishbone Software Tools for Design Element

Cause and Effect diagram (Ishikawa diagram or Fishbone diagram) software helps you to show in one diagram the factors of Equipment, People, Process, Environment, Management and Materials, which all in general affect the overall problem and gives the base for the further analysis. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM is perfect software for designers and software developers who need to create Fishbone diagrams. You will get a simple problem-analysis tool - Fishbone software tools for design element to easy construct specific diagrams and identify many possible causes for an effect to attack complex problem solving.

Draw Fishbone Diagram on MAC Software

The problem solving and decision-making processes are closely linked and crucial for the business and life. There are many tools and techniques for facilitating and improvement these processes, and also enhancement the quality of accepted decisions. One of them is Fisbone Diagram or Cause and Effect diagram. For its construction, you need first define the problem which you need to solve (existing or potential), write it into rectangular and draw to it a horizontal line - a “fish spine”. Then define general types of possible causes like Persons, Materials, Methods, Machinery, Measurements or Environment, and attach them to “spine”. Start brainstorming the possible reasons of failure and connect them to the branches. Professional diagramming ConceptDraw DIAGRAM MAC OSX software offers the Fishbone Diagrams solution which contains templates, samples, and ready Fishbone design objects. Use of them lets effectively identify the possible causes for an effect, realize successfully cause and effect analysis, and instantly draw Fishbone diagram on Mac software.

Cause and Effect Fishbone Diagram

Cause and Effect Fishbone Diagram is one of the popular productivity and management tools widely used in business organizations. It is also known as Fishbone Diagram, because it looks like a fish skeleton. Cause and Effect Diagram provides a structured way which helps to identify all possible causes of a problem. Cause and Effect Diagram can be applied anywhere where exists a causal relationship. Now the problem of complexity the Cause and Effect Fishbone Diagram creating is solved thanks to the ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and vector drawing software extended with Fishbone Diagrams solution from the Management area.
This cause-and-effect diagram example was redesigned from the Wikimedia Commons file: Ishikawa Fishbone Diagram.svg. [commons.wikimedia.org/ wiki/ File:Ishikawa_ Fishbone_ Diagram.svg]
"Ishikawa diagrams (also called fishbone diagrams, herringbone diagrams, cause-and-effect diagrams, or Fishikawa) are causal diagrams created by Kaoru Ishikawa (1968) that show the causes of a specific event. Common uses of the Ishikawa diagram are product design and quality defect prevention to identify potential factors causing an overall effect. Each cause or reason for imperfection is a source of variation. Causes are usually grouped into major categories to identify these sources of variation. The categories typically include
- People: Anyone involved with the process
- Methods: How the process is performed and the specific requirements for doing it, such as policies, procedures, rules, regulations and laws
- Machines: Any equipment, computers, tools, etc. required to accomplish the job
- Materials: Raw materials, parts, pens, paper, etc. used to produce the final product
- Measurements: Data generated from the process that are used to evaluate its quality
- Environment: The conditions, such as location, time, temperature, and culture in which the process operates" [Ishikawa diagram. Wikipedia]
The example "Ishikawa fishbone diagram" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO software extended with the Seven Basic Tools of Quality solution from the Quality area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
Cause-and-effect diagram example
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"Common uses of the Ishikawa diagram are product design and quality defect prevention, to identify potential factors causing an overall effect. Each cause or reason for imperfection is a source of variation. Causes are usually grouped into major categories to identify these sources of variation. The categories typically include:
(1) People: Anyone involved with the process;
(2) Methods: How the process is performed and the specific requirements for doing it, such as policies, procedures, rules, regulations and laws;
(3) Machines: Any equipment, computers, tools, etc. required to accomplish the job;
(4) Materials: Raw materials, parts, pens, paper, etc. used to produce the final product;
(5) Measurements: Data generated from the process that are used to evaluate its quality;
(6) Environment: The conditions, such as location, time, temperature, and culture in which the process operates. ...
Ishikawa diagrams were popularized by Kaoru Ishikawa in the 1960s, who pioneered quality management processes in the Kawasaki shipyards, and in the process became one of the founding fathers of modern management.
The basic concept was first used in the 1920s, and is considered one of the seven basic tools of quality control." [Ishikawa diagram. Wikipedia]
This quality Ishikawa diagram (cause and effect diagram) template is included in the Fishbone Diagram solution from the Management area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
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Cause and Effect Analysis - Fishbone Diagrams for Problem Solving

Fishbone diagram is a powerful tool used for solving business problems and obstacles. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM software extended with Fishbone Diagrams solution from the Management area of ConceptDraw Solution Park is a helpful tool for cause and effect analysis. It gives the ability to easy identify many possible causes and factors which cause the effects and to draw Fishbone Diagrams for problem solving.

histogram, flow chart, pareto chart, fishbone diagram, quality control Seven Basic Tools of Quality

histogram, flow chart, pareto chart, fishbone diagram, quality control
Seven Basic Tools of Quality solution is useful for all ConceptDraw DIAGRAM users, giving them a particular set of different graphical techniques helping on focus on such activity as identifying the root cause of many quality-related issues. This solution offers the well-known visual tools helpful in representing all the data related to different quality initiatives. Some of such tools are the pre-made templates useful for making different fishbone diagrams, Pareto charts, and histograms. It is ideal for all who want to manage quality control throughout an organization by using a modern tool.

Business Graphics Software

ConceptDraw DIAGRAM business graphics software provides wide opportunities for creativity and helps generate amazing visuals by using the included drawing tools. Creatively designed graphics can communicate ideas and information more efficiently. Grow and improve your business and boost your brand awareness through appealing graphic design. Distinct and memorable visuals grab the attention of your audience efficiently. Create well-designed, attractive, and stylish graphical content with the Business Process Workflow Diagrams solution. The colorful graphics are pleasing to the eyes, impact positive first impression, and make reading the content more interesting. Highlight important things with colors or differentiated fonts.

Seven Basic Tools of Quality - Fishbone Diagram

ConceptDraw DIAGRAM enhanced with Seven Basic Tools of Quality solution from the Quality area of ConceptDraw Solution Park is an ideal software for fast and easy drawing professional looking quality diagrams, including a Fishbone diagram.
The vector stencils library "Cause-and-effect diagram" contains 13 elements of fishbone diagram.
Use it to design your Ishikawa diagrams with ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software.
"Ishikawa diagrams (also called fishbone diagrams, herringbone diagrams, cause-and-effect diagrams, or Fishikawa) are causal diagrams created by Kaoru Ishikawa (1968) that show the causes of a specific event. Common uses of the Ishikawa diagram are product design and quality defect prevention to identify potential factors causing an overall effect. Each cause or reason for imperfection is a source of variation. Causes are usually grouped into major categories to identify these sources of variation. ...
The basic concept was first used in the 1920s, and is considered one of the seven basic tools of quality control." [Ishikawa diagram. Wikipedia]
The example of fishbone diagram shapes "Design elements - Cause-and-effect diagram" is included in the Seven Basic Tools of Quality solution from the Quality area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
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Total Quality Management Definition

The Total Quality Management Diagram solution helps you and your organization visualize business and industrial processes. Create Total Quality Management diagrams for business process with ConceptDraw software.

TQM Diagram Tool

The Total Quality Management Diagram solution helps you and your organization visualize business and industrial processes. Create Total Quality Management diagrams for business process with ConceptDraw software.

Quality management presentation

The presence of serious competition in a market economics obliges to pay great attention to quality issues. That's why today a quality management became an essential part of any business. Quality management is an approach responsible for the processes of managing, ensuring and improvement quality, and also increasing efficiency and flexibility of any business. The presentation is a special form of representation the information. Its main objective is to interest the audience in promoted product, service, idea, etc. In accordance with the theme of presentation and conditions of its carrying out is chosen the video for product demonstration, sound and color design. The brighter presentation is the better and more attractive for the target audience. The presentation finds its active use in any field, including marketing, management, and quality management. ConceptDraw MINDMAP software and numerous solutions from the Quality area of ConceptDraw Solution Park supply their users with powerful visualization tools for providing the quality control and improvement, and for designing quality Mind Maps, diagrams and presentations.

Pareto Chart

This sample shows the Pareto Chart of titanium investment casting defects. On the Pareto chart at the same time are displayed a bar graph and a line graph. The descending values are represented by the bars and the cumulative total values are represented by the line. Pareto charts are widely used in the areas of the quality improvement and the time management.

Cause and Effect Analysis

When you have some problems you need first to explore the reasons which caused them. Cause and Effect Analysis is a perfect way to do this. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM software enhanced with Fishbone Diagrams solution from the Management area of ConceptDraw Solution Park gives the ability to draw fast and easy Fishbone diagram that identifies many possible causes for an effect.

Planogram Software and Retail Plan Software

The ConceptDraw DIAGRAM Planogram Software and Retail Plan Software offers powerful tools of Enterprise Architecture Diagrams Solution for visualization the market analysis and easy making successful Retail Plans and Planograms with useful detailed recommendations about placing products and optimization the shelf space.