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7 Basic Quality Tools

Professional interactive quality management tools for process improvement, root cause analysis, and data-driven decision making

About the 7 Basic Quality Tools

Data Collection & Analysis

  • Check Sheets: Systematic data collection for quality monitoring
  • Histograms: Visualize data distribution and patterns
  • Scatter Diagrams: Analyze relationships between variables

Problem Solving & Improvement

  • Pareto Charts: Prioritize problems using 80/20 rule
  • Fishbone Diagrams: Root cause analysis methodology
  • Control Charts: Monitor process stability over time

Process Improvement Applications

Manufacturing

  • • Defect reduction
  • • Process optimization
  • • Quality control
  • • Continuous improvement

Service Industries

  • • Customer satisfaction
  • • Service quality
  • • Process standardization
  • • Error reduction

Healthcare

  • • Patient safety
  • • Treatment protocols
  • • Medication errors
  • • Care quality improvement