The fishbone diagram is a quick and effective means of analyzing the causes and effects of a given process. If you’re encountering issues at any point in production, this might be your best bet.

Root cause analysis (RCA) is a problem-solving process that focuses on identifying the root cause of issues or errors with the goal of preventing them from reoccurring in the future.

These include constructing event-based timelines; putting the sequence of events or movements together in an ordered process flow chart; and exercises in data gathering, which are often based on ...

Root cause analysis helps isolate what happened, when, where, and why a problem occurred. This information, in turn, helps your company decide how to fix the problem.