Sunday, July 26, 2009

New 7 QC Tools of Quality : Tree Diagram - QC Tool 3

A tree diagram is often used to discover the steps needed to solve a given problem. It always the user(s) to gain further insight into the problem and helps the team focus on specific tasks to complement the tasks at hand to solve the problem. There are five major steps in creating a tree diagram. They are:

1. Determine the main goal
2. Be concise
3. Brainstorm the main tasks involved in solving the problem and add them to the tree
4. Brainstorm subtask that can also be added to the tree
5. Do this until all possibilities have been exhausted

Below is an example of a tree diagram:


Related Links :

01. Do You Know About QCFI?
02. QCFI and its Contribution to Quality Circle Movement In INDIA
03. Dr. K. Ishikawa : Founder of Quality Circle
04. History of Early 1950's
05. Services Offered By QCFI
06. Tips to Deal With Interruptions
07. Tips to give Good Feedback
08. Benefits of ISO 9001 : 2000 Quality Management System
09. Debatable Points Related to ISO 9001 : 2000 Quality Management System
10. Re-Defined : Quality
11. Job Titles in Quality Field
12. Four Absolutes of Quality Management
13. Crosby's 14 steps to quality improvement
14. Tips to Create Your Own Luck
15. Cost of Poor Quality
16. ISO 9001 : 2000 - List of Records
17. Quality Tips for Winning in Interview
18. Quality Maintenance
19. Overall Equipment Efficiency
20. Quality Terms Related to ISO 9001 : 2000 Quality Management System
21. What are the AUDIT OBJECTIVES?
22. What is AUDIT PLAN?
23. What is AUDIT TEAM?
24. What are the Responsibilities of LEAD AUDITOR?
25. What are the Responsibilities of AUDITOR?
26. What are the Lead Auditor's Activities in ISO 9001 : 2000 Quality Management System?
27. What are the Auditor's Activities in ISO 9001 : 2000 Quailty Management System?
28. What is Role of Auditee in ISO 9001 : 2000 Audit?
29. What are the Desirable Characteristics of the Documentation in ISO 9001 : 2000 Quailty Management System?
30. What are the Working Documents in ISO 9001 : 2000 Quality Management System?
31. What is the Purpose of an OPENING MEETING in ISO 9001 : 2000 Quality Management System?
32. What is the Glamour behind COLLECTING EVIDENCE?
33. How Become the Top : Think Differently
34. What are the AUDIT OBSERVATIONS ?
35. What it mean by the CLOSING MEETING with AUDITEE ?
36. What are AUDIT DOCUMENTS ?
37. What is the CORRECTIVE ACTION FOLLOW-UP ?
38. What are the DESIRABLE ATTRIBUTES of an AUDITOR ?
39. What are the DESIRABLE ABILITIES of an AUDITOR ?
40. Types of Questions to be asked in ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System
41. What are MINOR and MAJOR NONCONFORMITIES?
42. Examples of NONCONFORMITIES
43. What are the CONTENTS of NONCOMPLIANCE REPORT?
44. Useful tips for an AUDITOR
45. What is RELATION DIAGRAM in ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System ?
46. A sample check-list for an ADEQUACY AUDIT
47. What is QUALITY and GRADE?
48. QUALITY ASSURANCE : In Detail
49. Angle of QUALITY CONTROL and QUALITY ASSURANCE
50. What is QUALITY MANAGEMENT?
51. What are the EIGHT QUALITY MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES?
52. A Quality Review on Farrey's Celling Fans !!
53. Online Tutoring For Students
54. Experience Proves What You Are?
55. TQM Concept
56. 11 Fundamental Requirements of TQM : Part - I
57. 11 Fundamental Requiremetns of TQM : Part-II
58. Yes, It is NanoTechnology
59. Mobile Awareness : Please Don't Do
60. New Portable DVD Player - Sony DVP FX720
61. Touch Screen Mobile Phones : ASUS P750
62. The gadget world : Memory Stick : PC exteriors - 1
63. The gadget world : Webcams and Speakers : PC exteriors - 2
64. The gadget world : TV Tuner Card and External Hard Disk : PC exteriors - 3
65. A new cell : ASUS M930
66. A software helps to restore speech in a paralysed man
67. Remember the following when using your mobile phone
68. How to prevent your PEN drive from VIRUS
69. Just In Time : Todays Requirement
70. A New Invention in Mobile Sector : Mirco Blog - 1
71. How Micro Blog works? - 2
72. Robot at the service of Old-age Citizens
73. It’s a Modern age of Micro Blogging - 3
74. Technical Terms used in Industry - 1
75. Technical Terms used in Industry - 2
76. Technical Terms used in Industry - 3
77. Technical Terms used in Industry - 4
78. Technical Terms used in Industry - 5
79. Environmental Management System (EMS) - 6
80. Explanation about 5S, 5W, 5W1H and FMEA - 7
81. Gemba Kaizen, Group Technology and Hoshin Kanri (HK) - 8
82. Just In Time (JIT), Kaizen and KANBAN - 9
83. Lean Company, Muda, Mura, Muri and Management Review Meeting (MRM) - 10
84. Nemawashi, Nichijo Kanri (NK), OJT, PA - 11
85. Performance Development and Plan-Do-Check-Act Cycle : 12
86. Global Warming - Need To Think
87. Environmental Issues - We have to think over it
88. Depletion of the OZONE LAYER - A Serious Issue
89. Air Pollution : The Big Issue
90. Water Pollution : How we responsible?
91. Mind-reading : A New Chapter of Technology
92. New 7 QC Tools of Quality : Affinity Diagram - QC Tool 1
93. New 7 QC Tools of Quality : The Interrelationship Digraph - QC Tool 2
94. Have You Ever Think about Toxic Chemicals?
95. Thoughts on Nuclear Issues

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Thoughts on Nuclear Issues

The use of nuclear weapons for defence and the production of energy in nuclear power stations are both controversial and raise issues of economics and security throughout the world. International treaties have been signed to halt the proliferation of the number of states having access to nuclear weapons and to ban atmospheric testing. It is not known the full extent of damage caused by earlier nuclear weapons testing programmes, such as those, which took place in the Marshall Islands between 1946-1958.

Nuclear reactors for the production of electricity are important particularly to those countries, which lack geothermal, hydroelectric or fossil fuel resources. However, events such as the Chernobyl disaster in the Ukraine in 1986 have heightened awareness of the inherent dangers of nuclear power.

Even where the safety of reactors themselves is not a major question, nuclear reactors contribute to environmental damage through low-level radiation liquid effluent discharges and through the creation of wastes, which are difficult to dispose of safely.

Some commonly used equipments like measurement equipments in the mining industry or a simple smoke detector can also contain radioactive sources.

Radiation problems can also occur naturally. In some sites the local rock naturally releases radon gas which can create health problems for the local inhabitants. It is one of the want or you can say necessity of your beloved country. Is it really necessary?

Related Links :

01. Do You Know About QCFI?
02. QCFI and its Contribution to Quality Circle Movement In INDIA
03. Dr. K. Ishikawa : Founder of Quality Circle
04. History of Early 1950's
05. Services Offered By QCFI
06. Tips to Deal With Interruptions
07. Tips to give Good Feedback
08. Benefits of ISO 9001 : 2000 Quality Management System
09. Debatable Points Related to ISO 9001 : 2000 Quality Management System
10. Re-Defined : Quality
11. Job Titles in Quality Field
12. Four Absolutes of Quality Management
13. Crosby's 14 steps to quality improvement
14. Tips to Create Your Own Luck
15. Cost of Poor Quality
16. ISO 9001 : 2000 - List of Records
17. Quality Tips for Winning in Interview
18. Quality Maintenance
19. Overall Equipment Efficiency
20. Quality Terms Related to ISO 9001 : 2000 Quality Management System
21. What are the AUDIT OBJECTIVES?
22. What is AUDIT PLAN?
23. What is AUDIT TEAM?
24. What are the Responsibilities of LEAD AUDITOR?
25. What are the Responsibilities of AUDITOR?
26. What are the Lead Auditor's Activities in ISO 9001 : 2000 Quality Management System?
27. What are the Auditor's Activities in ISO 9001 : 2000 Quailty Management System?
28. What is Role of Auditee in ISO 9001 : 2000 Audit?
29. What are the Desirable Characteristics of the Documentation in ISO 9001 : 2000 Quailty Management System?
30. What are the Working Documents in ISO 9001 : 2000 Quality Management System?
31. What is the Purpose of an OPENING MEETING in ISO 9001 : 2000 Quality Management System?
32. What is the Glamour behind COLLECTING EVIDENCE?
33. How Become the Top : Think Differently
34. What are the AUDIT OBSERVATIONS ?
35. What it mean by the CLOSING MEETING with AUDITEE ?
36. What are AUDIT DOCUMENTS ?
37. What is the CORRECTIVE ACTION FOLLOW-UP ?
38. What are the DESIRABLE ATTRIBUTES of an AUDITOR ?
39. What are the DESIRABLE ABILITIES of an AUDITOR ?
40. Types of Questions to be asked in ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System
41. What are MINOR and MAJOR NONCONFORMITIES?
42. Examples of NONCONFORMITIES
43. What are the CONTENTS of NONCOMPLIANCE REPORT?
44. Useful tips for an AUDITOR
45. What is RELATION DIAGRAM in ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System ?
46. A sample check-list for an ADEQUACY AUDIT
47. What is QUALITY and GRADE?
48. QUALITY ASSURANCE : In Detail
49. Angle of QUALITY CONTROL and QUALITY ASSURANCE
50. What is QUALITY MANAGEMENT?
51. What are the EIGHT QUALITY MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES?
52. A Quality Review on Farrey's Celling Fans !!
53. Online Tutoring For Students
54. Experience Proves What You Are?
55. TQM Concept
56. 11 Fundamental Requirements of TQM : Part - I
57. 11 Fundamental Requiremetns of TQM : Part-II
58. Yes, It is NanoTechnology
59. Mobile Awareness : Please Don't Do
60. New Portable DVD Player - Sony DVP FX720
61. Touch Screen Mobile Phones : ASUS P750
62. The gadget world : Memory Stick : PC exteriors - 1
63. The gadget world : Webcams and Speakers : PC exteriors - 2
64. The gadget world : TV Tuner Card and External Hard Disk : PC exteriors - 3
65. A new cell : ASUS M930
66. A software helps to restore speech in a paralysed man
67. Remember the following when using your mobile phone
68. How to prevent your PEN drive from VIRUS
69. Just In Time : Todays Requirement
70. A New Invention in Mobile Sector : Mirco Blog - 1
71. How Micro Blog works? - 2
72. Robot at the service of Old-age Citizens
73. It’s a Modern age of Micro Blogging - 3
74. Technical Terms used in Industry - 1
75. Technical Terms used in Industry - 2
76. Technical Terms used in Industry - 3
77. Technical Terms used in Industry - 4
78. Technical Terms used in Industry - 5
79. Environmental Management System (EMS) - 6
80. Explanation about 5S, 5W, 5W1H and FMEA - 7
81. Gemba Kaizen, Group Technology and Hoshin Kanri (HK) - 8
82. Just In Time (JIT), Kaizen and KANBAN - 9
83. Lean Company, Muda, Mura, Muri and Management Review Meeting (MRM) - 10
84. Nemawashi, Nichijo Kanri (NK), OJT, PA - 11
85. Performance Development and Plan-Do-Check-Act Cycle : 12
86. Global Warming - Need To Think
87. Environmental Issues - We have to think over it
88. Depletion of the OZONE LAYER - A Serious Issue
89. Air Pollution : The Big Issue
90. Water Pollution : How we responsible?
91. Mind-reading : A New Chapter of Technology
92. New 7 QC Tools of Quality : Affinity Diagram - QC Tool 1
93. New 7 QC Tools of Quality : The Interrelationship Digraph - QC Tool 2
94. Have You Ever Think about Toxic Chemicals?

Have You Ever Think about Toxic Chemicals?

Certain chemicals deserve special mention, as they are particularly persistent and toxic. In the 1930s arsenic was the only compound known to cause cancer but since then other heavy metals such as cadmium and lead have been added to the list. Organic pesticides such as DDT, dieldrin, and lindane are also known to cause cancer.

Particularly at risk are agricultural workers in developing countries where protective clothing may not be made available when spraying pesticides. It is interesting to note that the majority of workers at risk are women. Concentrations of DDT in Central Americans are likely to be 11 times higher than those of North Americans.

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are used in some 200 different forms in plastics, electronic insulators and hydraulic fluids. These are toxic to humans and cannot be excreted. Once ingested they will accumulate in body tissues and concentrate through the food chain. Samples taken in the North Sea indicate only 0.000002ppm of PCBs in water but 160ppm in sea mammals.

Chemicals that have been tested for toxicity may be assigned a WHO safety limit. However, despite the reduction in use of certain chemicals in Europe and the US, toxic chemicals still reach their populations through crops grown in developing countries and exported to the global market. Have you ever think about it?

Related Links :

01. Do You Know About QCFI?
02. QCFI and its Contribution to Quality Circle Movement In INDIA
03. Dr. K. Ishikawa : Founder of Quality Circle
04. History of Early 1950's
05. Services Offered By QCFI
06. Tips to Deal With Interruptions
07. Tips to give Good Feedback
08. Benefits of ISO 9001 : 2000 Quality Management System
09. Debatable Points Related to ISO 9001 : 2000 Quality Management System
10. Re-Defined : Quality
11. Job Titles in Quality Field
12. Four Absolutes of Quality Management
13. Crosby's 14 steps to quality improvement
14. Tips to Create Your Own Luck
15. Cost of Poor Quality
16. ISO 9001 : 2000 - List of Records
17. Quality Tips for Winning in Interview
18. Quality Maintenance
19. Overall Equipment Efficiency
20. Quality Terms Related to ISO 9001 : 2000 Quality Management System
21. What are the AUDIT OBJECTIVES?
22. What is AUDIT PLAN?
23. What is AUDIT TEAM?
24. What are the Responsibilities of LEAD AUDITOR?
25. What are the Responsibilities of AUDITOR?
26. What are the Lead Auditor's Activities in ISO 9001 : 2000 Quality Management System?
27. What are the Auditor's Activities in ISO 9001 : 2000 Quailty Management System?
28. What is Role of Auditee in ISO 9001 : 2000 Audit?
29. What are the Desirable Characteristics of the Documentation in ISO 9001 : 2000 Quailty Management System?
30. What are the Working Documents in ISO 9001 : 2000 Quality Management System?
31. What is the Purpose of an OPENING MEETING in ISO 9001 : 2000 Quality Management System?
32. What is the Glamour behind COLLECTING EVIDENCE?
33. How Become the Top : Think Differently
34. What are the AUDIT OBSERVATIONS ?
35. What it mean by the CLOSING MEETING with AUDITEE ?
36. What are AUDIT DOCUMENTS ?
37. What is the CORRECTIVE ACTION FOLLOW-UP ?
38. What are the DESIRABLE ATTRIBUTES of an AUDITOR ?
39. What are the DESIRABLE ABILITIES of an AUDITOR ?
40. Types of Questions to be asked in ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System
41. What are MINOR and MAJOR NONCONFORMITIES?
42. Examples of NONCONFORMITIES
43. What are the CONTENTS of NONCOMPLIANCE REPORT?
44. Useful tips for an AUDITOR
45. What is RELATION DIAGRAM in ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System ?
46. A sample check-list for an ADEQUACY AUDIT
47. What is QUALITY and GRADE?
48. QUALITY ASSURANCE : In Detail
49. Angle of QUALITY CONTROL and QUALITY ASSURANCE
50. What is QUALITY MANAGEMENT?
51. What are the EIGHT QUALITY MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES?
52. A Quality Review on Farrey's Celling Fans !!
53. Online Tutoring For Students
54. Experience Proves What You Are?
55. TQM Concept
56. 11 Fundamental Requirements of TQM : Part - I
57. 11 Fundamental Requiremetns of TQM : Part-II
58. Yes, It is NanoTechnology
59. Mobile Awareness : Please Don't Do
60. New Portable DVD Player - Sony DVP FX720
61. Touch Screen Mobile Phones : ASUS P750
62. The gadget world : Memory Stick : PC exteriors - 1
63. The gadget world : Webcams and Speakers : PC exteriors - 2
64. The gadget world : TV Tuner Card and External Hard Disk : PC exteriors - 3
65. A new cell : ASUS M930
66. A software helps to restore speech in a paralysed man
67. Remember the following when using your mobile phone
68. How to prevent your PEN drive from VIRUS
69. Just In Time : Todays Requirement
70. A New Invention in Mobile Sector : Mirco Blog - 1
71. How Micro Blog works? - 2
72. Robot at the service of Old-age Citizens
73. It’s a Modern age of Micro Blogging - 3
74. Technical Terms used in Industry - 1
75. Technical Terms used in Industry - 2
76. Technical Terms used in Industry - 3
77. Technical Terms used in Industry - 4
78. Technical Terms used in Industry - 5
79. Environmental Management System (EMS) - 6
80. Explanation about 5S, 5W, 5W1H and FMEA - 7
81. Gemba Kaizen, Group Technology and Hoshin Kanri (HK) - 8
82. Just In Time (JIT), Kaizen and KANBAN - 9
83. Lean Company, Muda, Mura, Muri and Management Review Meeting (MRM) - 10
84. Nemawashi, Nichijo Kanri (NK), OJT, PA - 11
85. Performance Development and Plan-Do-Check-Act Cycle : 12
86. Global Warming - Need To Think
87. Environmental Issues - We have to think over it
88. Depletion of the OZONE LAYER - A Serious Issue
89. Air Pollution : The Big Issue
90. Water Pollution : How we responsible?
91. Mind-reading : A New Chapter of Technology
92. New 7 QC Tools of Quality : Affinity Diagram - QC Tool 1
93. New 7 QC Tools of Quality : The Interrelationship Digraph - QC Tool 2

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New 7 QC Tools of Quality : The Interrelationship Digraph - QC Tool 2

The main purpose of the interrelationship digraph is to depict the relationships between different issues. Often times this digraph is used in conjunction with the affinity diagram. It can be very powerful in that it reveals the impact one issue can have on other issues. There are seven steps to create an interrelationship diagram:

1. Identify problem or issue
2. Write each element that relates to problem in a box
3. Draw arrows from the element that influences to the element that is influenced
4. Draw the strongest influence if two elements impact each other
5. Count the arrows
6. Elements with the most outgoing arrows will be root causes or drivers
7. The elements with the most incoming arrows will be key outcomes or results

Below is an example of an interrelationship digraph:

Related Links :

01. Do You Know About QCFI?
02. QCFI and its Contribution to Quality Circle Movement In INDIA
03. Dr. K. Ishikawa : Founder of Quality Circle
04. History of Early 1950's
05. Services Offered By QCFI
06. Tips to Deal With Interruptions
07. Tips to give Good Feedback
08. Benefits of ISO 9001 : 2000 Quality Management System
09. Debatable Points Related to ISO 9001 : 2000 Quality Management System
10. Re-Defined : Quality
11. Job Titles in Quality Field
12. Four Absolutes of Quality Management
13. Crosby's 14 steps to quality improvement
14. Tips to Create Your Own Luck
15. Cost of Poor Quality
16. ISO 9001 : 2000 - List of Records
17. Quality Tips for Winning in Interview
18. Quality Maintenance
19. Overall Equipment Efficiency
20. Quality Terms Related to ISO 9001 : 2000 Quality Management System
21. What are the AUDIT OBJECTIVES?
22. What is AUDIT PLAN?
23. What is AUDIT TEAM?
24. What are the Responsibilities of LEAD AUDITOR?
25. What are the Responsibilities of AUDITOR?
26. What are the Lead Auditor's Activities in ISO 9001 : 2000 Quality Management System?
27. What are the Auditor's Activities in ISO 9001 : 2000 Quailty Management System?
28. What is Role of Auditee in ISO 9001 : 2000 Audit?
29. What are the Desirable Characteristics of the Documentation in ISO 9001 : 2000 Quailty Management System?
30. What are the Working Documents in ISO 9001 : 2000 Quality Management System?
31. What is the Purpose of an OPENING MEETING in ISO 9001 : 2000 Quality Management System?
32. What is the Glamour behind COLLECTING EVIDENCE?
33. How Become the Top : Think Differently
34. What are the AUDIT OBSERVATIONS ?
35. What it mean by the CLOSING MEETING with AUDITEE ?
36. What are AUDIT DOCUMENTS ?
37. What is the CORRECTIVE ACTION FOLLOW-UP ?
38. What are the DESIRABLE ATTRIBUTES of an AUDITOR ?
39. What are the DESIRABLE ABILITIES of an AUDITOR ?
40. Types of Questions to be asked in ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System
41. What are MINOR and MAJOR NONCONFORMITIES?
42. Examples of NONCONFORMITIES
43. What are the CONTENTS of NONCOMPLIANCE REPORT?
44. Useful tips for an AUDITOR
45. What is RELATION DIAGRAM in ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System ?
46. A sample check-list for an ADEQUACY AUDIT
47. What is QUALITY and GRADE?
48. QUALITY ASSURANCE : In Detail
49. Angle of QUALITY CONTROL and QUALITY ASSURANCE
50. What is QUALITY MANAGEMENT?
51. What are the EIGHT QUALITY MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES?
52. A Quality Review on Farrey's Celling Fans !!
53. Online Tutoring For Students
54. Experience Proves What You Are?
55. TQM Concept
56. 11 Fundamental Requirements of TQM : Part - I
57. 11 Fundamental Requiremetns of TQM : Part-II
58. Yes, It is NanoTechnology
59. Mobile Awareness : Please Don't Do
60. New Portable DVD Player - Sony DVP FX720
61. Touch Screen Mobile Phones : ASUS P750
62. The gadget world : Memory Stick : PC exteriors - 1
63. The gadget world : Webcams and Speakers : PC exteriors - 2
64. The gadget world : TV Tuner Card and External Hard Disk : PC exteriors - 3
65. A new cell : ASUS M930
66. A software helps to restore speech in a paralysed man
67. Remember the following when using your mobile phone
68. How to prevent your PEN drive from VIRUS
69. Just In Time : Todays Requirement
70. A New Invention in Mobile Sector : Mirco Blog - 1
71. How Micro Blog works? - 2
72. Robot at the service of Old-age Citizens
73. It’s a Modern age of Micro Blogging - 3
74. Technical Terms used in Industry - 1
75. Technical Terms used in Industry - 2
76. Technical Terms used in Industry - 3
77. Technical Terms used in Industry - 4
78. Technical Terms used in Industry - 5
79. Environmental Management System (EMS) - 6
80. Explanation about 5S, 5W, 5W1H and FMEA - 7
81. Gemba Kaizen, Group Technology and Hoshin Kanri (HK) - 8
82. Just In Time (JIT), Kaizen and KANBAN - 9
83. Lean Company, Muda, Mura, Muri and Management Review Meeting (MRM) - 10
84. Nemawashi, Nichijo Kanri (NK), OJT, PA - 11
85. Performance Development and Plan-Do-Check-Act Cycle : 12
86. Global Warming - Need To Think
87. Environmental Issues - We have to think over it
88. Depletion of the OZONE LAYER - A Serious Issue
89. Air Pollution : The Big Issue
90. Water Pollution : How we responsible?
91. Mind-reading : A New Chapter of Technology
92. New 7 QC Tools of Quality : Affinity Diagram - QC Tool 1

Saturday, June 20, 2009

New 7 QC Tools of Quality : Affinity Diagram - QC Tool 1

Guys, all you heard about the 7 QC Tools of Quality. But the days are gone to strengthen the quality norms new 7 QC Tools are introduced. I think, after applying these "New 7 QC Tools" everyone can able to analyze the problems in micro level.

The Affinity Diagram:

This Affinity Diagram is a very useful tool to use when brainstorming is the main goal. This is an especially effective tool because it allows the participants to be both creative and logical. By generating ideas the participants are tapping into their creative side, and organizing those ideas allows them to exercise logic. According to "Pekin Area Chamber of Commerce", there are 3 main instances when an affinity diagram is especially useful. First, when the problem is complex or hard to understand. Second, when the problem is very large and could appear to be overwhelming. Last, when support and involvement of another group is required. There are six basic steps to creating an affinity diagram:

1. Identify the problem or issue
2. Each person writes issues related to problem on note card or sticky notes
3. Organize the cards or sticky notes into logical piles
4. Name each pile with a header
5. Draw an affinity diagram
6. Discuss the piles created

Below is an example of an affinity diagram:


Related Links :

01. Do You Know About QCFI?
02. QCFI and its Contribution to Quality Circle Movement In INDIA
03. Dr. K. Ishikawa : Founder of Quality Circle
04. History of Early 1950's
05. Services Offered By QCFI
06. Tips to Deal With Interruptions
07. Tips to give Good Feedback
08. Benefits of ISO 9001 : 2000 Quality Management System
09. Debatable Points Related to ISO 9001 : 2000 Quality Management System
10. Re-Defined : Quality
11. Job Titles in Quality Field
12. Four Absolutes of Quality Management
13. Crosby's 14 steps to quality improvement
14. Tips to Create Your Own Luck
15. Cost of Poor Quality
16. ISO 9001 : 2000 - List of Records
17. Quality Tips for Winning in Interview
18. Quality Maintenance
19. Overall Equipment Efficiency
20. Quality Terms Related to ISO 9001 : 2000 Quality Management System
21. What are the AUDIT OBJECTIVES?
22. What is AUDIT PLAN?
23. What is AUDIT TEAM?
24. What are the Responsibilities of LEAD AUDITOR?
25. What are the Responsibilities of AUDITOR?
26. What are the Lead Auditor's Activities in ISO 9001 : 2000 Quality Management System?
27. What are the Auditor's Activities in ISO 9001 : 2000 Quailty Management System?
28. What is Role of Auditee in ISO 9001 : 2000 Audit?
29. What are the Desirable Characteristics of the Documentation in ISO 9001 : 2000 Quailty Management System?
30. What are the Working Documents in ISO 9001 : 2000 Quality Management System?
31. What is the Purpose of an OPENING MEETING in ISO 9001 : 2000 Quality Management System?
32. What is the Glamour behind COLLECTING EVIDENCE?
33. How Become the Top : Think Differently
34. What are the AUDIT OBSERVATIONS ?
35. What it mean by the CLOSING MEETING with AUDITEE ?
36. What are AUDIT DOCUMENTS ?
37. What is the CORRECTIVE ACTION FOLLOW-UP ?
38. What are the DESIRABLE ATTRIBUTES of an AUDITOR ?
39. What are the DESIRABLE ABILITIES of an AUDITOR ?
40. Types of Questions to be asked in ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System
41. What are MINOR and MAJOR NONCONFORMITIES?
42. Examples of NONCONFORMITIES
43. What are the CONTENTS of NONCOMPLIANCE REPORT?
44. Useful tips for an AUDITOR
45. What is RELATION DIAGRAM in ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System ?
46. A sample check-list for an ADEQUACY AUDIT
47. What is QUALITY and GRADE?
48. QUALITY ASSURANCE : In Detail
49. Angle of QUALITY CONTROL and QUALITY ASSURANCE
50. What is QUALITY MANAGEMENT?
51. What are the EIGHT QUALITY MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES?
52. A Quality Review on Farrey's Celling Fans !!
53. Online Tutoring For Students
54. Experience Proves What You Are?
55. TQM Concept
56. 11 Fundamental Requirements of TQM : Part - I
57. 11 Fundamental Requiremetns of TQM : Part-II
58. Yes, It is NanoTechnology
59. Mobile Awareness : Please Don't Do
60. New Portable DVD Player - Sony DVP FX720
61. Touch Screen Mobile Phones : ASUS P750
62. The gadget world : Memory Stick : PC exteriors - 1
63. The gadget world : Webcams and Speakers : PC exteriors - 2
64. The gadget world : TV Tuner Card and External Hard Disk : PC exteriors - 3
65. A new cell : ASUS M930
66. A software helps to restore speech in a paralysed man
67. Remember the following when using your mobile phone
68. How to prevent your PEN drive from VIRUS
69. Just In Time : Todays Requirement
70. A New Invention in Mobile Sector : Mirco Blog - 1
71. How Micro Blog works? - 2
72. Robot at the service of Old-age Citizens
73. It’s a Modern age of Micro Blogging - 3
74. Technical Terms used in Industry - 1
75. Technical Terms used in Industry - 2
76. Technical Terms used in Industry - 3
77. Technical Terms used in Industry - 4
78. Technical Terms used in Industry - 5
79. Environmental Management System (EMS) - 6
80. Explanation about 5S, 5W, 5W1H and FMEA - 7
81. Gemba Kaizen, Group Technology and Hoshin Kanri (HK) - 8
82. Just In Time (JIT), Kaizen and KANBAN - 9
83. Lean Company, Muda, Mura, Muri and Management Review Meeting (MRM) - 10
84. Nemawashi, Nichijo Kanri (NK), OJT, PA - 11
85. Performance Development and Plan-Do-Check-Act Cycle : 12
86. Global Warming - Need To Think
87. Environmental Issues - We have to think over it
88. Depletion of the OZONE LAYER - A Serious Issue
89. Air Pollution : The Big Issue
90. Water Pollution : How we responsible?
91. Mind-reading : A New Chapter of Technology