Ishikawa diagram
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Ishikawa diagram (plural Ishikawa diagrams)
A diagram used in quality management to display a detailed list of causes and effects of a problem and thus to decipher the root cause of a problem.
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For quality control in manufacturing in the 1960s, Kaoru Ishikawa developed a cause and effect diagram, known as an Ishikawa diagram or fishbone diagram.
Management Used in management and engineering, an Ishikawa diagram shows the factors that cause the effect.