Seven Basic Management Tools "The Old Seven." "The First Seven." "The Basic Seven." Quality pros have many names for these seven basic tools of quality‚ first emphasized by Kaoru Ishikawa‚ a professor of engineering at Tokyo University and the father of “quality circles.” Start your quality journey by mastering these tools‚ and you ’ll have a name for them too: "indispensable." 1. Cause-and-effect diagram (also called Ishikawa or fishbone chart): Identifies many possible causes for
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Keith Hundley Wednesday‚ 8 July 2013 TOPIC 5000 word essay on the importance of tool control and attention to detail Growing up my Father always loved to have my sister and I participate in home improvement projects. While we were less than joyous to help‚ we always ended up learning something whether it was a new skill or technique to develop our work ethic‚ we were always hands-on. My father’s favorite thing to say at the completion of a successful project was‚ and probably still is‚ “the
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Introduction CAD (acronym for “Computer-Aided Design”) is one of the most popular software tools used all around the globe. CAD is a computerized platform for users to draw‚ modify and analyze designs‚ for example‚ CAD software such as AutoCAD‚ Solid Edge etc. Although what it basically capable of doing can be done by human hands‚ CAD is able to perform far more efficiently and accurately. Not to mention that for years‚ studies‚ researches and development are being carried out consistently to improve
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Management and Planning Tools MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING TOOLS WHY ‚WHY AFFINITY DIAGRAM INTERRELATIONSHIP DIAGRAM PRIORITIZATION MATRICES NOMINAL GROUP TECHNIQUE FORCED FIELD ANALYSIS TREE DIAGRAM PROCESS DECISION PROGRAM CHART MATRIX DIAGRAM ACTIVITY NETWORK DIAGRAM Management & Planning tools While most leaders recognize the value of good planning‚ most lack the experience and methods to do it systematically. As a result‚ group planning efforts are often frustrating‚ generating plans
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7 Quality Tools Cause-Effect Diagrams Flow Charts The 7 Quality Tools for Process Improvements Pareto Chart Where did the Basic Seven come from? Kaoru Ishikawa • Known for “Democratizing Statistics” • The Basic Seven Tools made statistical analysis less complicated for the average person • Good Visual Aids make statistical and quality control more comprehendible. What Is a Flowchart? A diagram that uses graphic symbols to depict the nature and flow of the steps in a process
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This report describes four OLAP tools. The four tools that I have chosen for this are: Pentaho – Open Source Tool Cognos Business Objects SpagoBI Pentaho – Open Source Application “The Pentaho BI Project is an open source application software for enterprise reporting‚ analysis‚ dashboard‚ data mining‚ workflow and ETL capabilities for business intelligence needs” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentaho). The Pentaho Business Intelligence Suite provides reporting
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AVAILABLE CASE TOOLS I. SYSTEM FLOWCHART AND ER-DIAGRAM GENERATION TOOL Name of the tool: SMARTDRAW URL: This Software can be downloaded from: http://www.smartdraw.com. This is a paid software‚ but a 30-day free trial for learning can be downloaded. Requirements to use the tool: PC running Windows 95‚ 98 or NT. The latest versions of Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator‚ and about 20MB of free space. What the tool does: Smartdraw is a perfect suite for drawing all kinds of diagrams and
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Peiling Cai February‚ 7th‚ 2013 PHOTOSHOP TOOLS |Tool |Icon |Description | |Zoom |[pic] |The Zoom Tool magnifies / reduces the image view without changing the image data. | |Hand |[pic] |The Hand Tool allows you to navigate an edited image‚ when it is not completely visible in | | | |its
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StoneTools A stone tool is‚ in the most general sense‚ any tool made either partially or entirely out of stone. Although stone tool-dependent societies and cultures still exist today‚ most stone tools are associated with prehistoric‚ particularly Stone Age cultures that have become extinct. Archaeologists often study such prehistoric societies‚ and refer to the study of stone tools as lithic analysis. Stone has been used to make a wide variety of different tools throughout history‚ including arrow
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Glessing 1 The Passing Down of Tools Inheriting tools allows my family to pass on generations of hard work‚ detail‚ and precision. I am the recipient of the huge‚ black‚ Severson drill press given to me by my great grand father‚ who came over from Germany in 1902. I do not know if you have ever seen a Severson drill press‚ but the craftsmanship is something to be proud of. Everything is hand crafted‚ pulleys‚ gears‚ and even the key that tightens the chuck. My grandfather who inherited this drill
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