Essential Quality Control Tools for Product Improvement!!

Ensure the quality check box is tick marked before the product is out for delivery. You don’t need a specific degree or training to conduct a quality analysis for your products and services.

Just incorporate Tools of Quality Management PowerPoint Deck and start using the tools.

Below are the basic quality control tools that are widely used in organizations. These tools are generic and provide analysis that are helpful for quality improvements.

Pareto Chart:

Pareto chart is a bar graph of data that arranges the items that have the highest impact on a specific concern. Bar graph shows the number of defects listed specific categories. Pareto chart will help you identify the defect which needs an immediate action. This tool will help you prioritize projects that need improvement, identify products on which complaints are received, nature of complaints, most common causes for rejections, and more.

Flow Chart:

Flow Chart

Flowchart is also commonly used to have a structured workflow. Likewise, flowchart helps you create a proper process or workflow. This tool will let you identify the bottlenecks in work processes. With flowchart, you get an idea of how the process flow looks like and highlight the issues within the process. We have given an example in the above template, you can edit these data points as per your requirements.

Control Chart:

Use control chart to monitor the performance of a process. Measure stability and predictability of the process. Figure out common cause of the variation. Not just this, you will also know whether the variation is preventable or unpreventable. Control chart just shows whether to take any steps to improve the process or just leave it alone.

Fishbone Diagram:

Also known as cause and effect diagram, a fishbone diagram helps you jot down the major issue or a problem. Sit down with your team, brainstorm and list down the major reasons or causes of a problem. Then outline a plan to shun those causes.

Quality Control Check Sheet:

Control Check Sheet

Check sheet is a table highlighting the defects found and their count. This would help in estimating the number of defects occurring daily so that corrective actions can be implemented instantly. Plan and control activities, improve defects in the processes, shed light on the critical issues and resolve them quickly with quality control tools.