Seven Basic Quality Tools
Quality
Seven Basic Quality Tools
Core quality toolkit typically including check sheet, histogram, Pareto, fishbone, scatter, control chart and stratification/flowchart.
Examples
- 01A team investigating label errors uses three of the seven basic quality tools: a check sheet, a Pareto chart and a fishbone diagram.
- 02The supplier's quality staff is trained in the seven basic quality tools so its problem reports follow the same logic as the customer's.
- 03For a scattered defect pattern, the team picks stratification and a scatter diagram from the seven basic quality tools to compare machines.