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Fishbone Diagram Generator 2.

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Welcome to FreeQuality.org's Fishbone Diagram Generator 2.0. Following the four simple steps b
allows your firm to identify, analyze, and graphically depict with increasing detail, all potential ca
related to a problem or current condition in order to discover its root causes. This software is a
service developed by Kevin Dougherty and Tom Smith of the Quality and Manufacturing Managem
program (QMM) at
The Pennsylvania State University.

This software
best viewed with
800 x 600
resolution

For more information about Penn State's Quality and Manufacturing Management program
contact www.ie.psu.edu/qmm

Problem Statement
Enter the problem you are trying to
analyze in the white box below.
Include as much information on the
"what", "when", and "how much" of the
problem. Click "finished" to continue.

Invoices Not Posted to PMS


Invoices Not Posted to PMS

Major Cause Catagories


Fill in general cause catagories below. For
suggested causes, click on your business
type.You can add or change suggested causes
if you choose. Click "finished" to continue.

1 People 4 Measurement
2 Source Documents 5 Environment
3 Procedures 6 Systems
Specific Causes
Enter specific causes associated with respective major causes below. Be
precise and include data whenever possible. Click "finished" to continue.
#1 People #4 Measurement
----> Not Trained ----> Wrong Metrics
----> ----> No Tracking at All
----> ---->
----> ---->

#2 Source Documents #5 Environment


----> Not Available ----> Not Accounting Oriented
----> Wrong Documents ----> Not Important to Leadership
----> ---->
----> ---->

#3 Procedures #6 Systems
----> Not Documented ----> No Integration of Data
----> Not Followed ----> No Single System
----> Not Well Defined ---->
----> ---->
owing the four simple steps below
easing detail, all potential causes
ot causes. This software is a free
and Manufacturing Management

This software
best viewed with
800 x 600
resolution

uring Management program


Fishbone Diagram
Environment Procedures People

Not Well Defined

Not Important to Not Followed


Leadership

Not Accounting Oriented Not Trained


Not Documented
Invoices Not Posted to PMS

No Integration of Data Wrong Metrics Not Available

No Single System No Tracking at All


Wrong Documents

Systems Source Documents


Measurement

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