Root Cause Analysis of the Causes of Wastage Fishbone Diagram (Cause-and-Effect Diagram) A fishbone diagram, also commonly known as cause and effect diagram or Ishikawa diagram, is a graphical tool to identify the potential causes of a specific event. It was invented by Kaoru Ishikawa in the 1960s for the quality management processes in the Kawasaki shipyards. The causes are grouped into major categories (usually include People, Method, Material, Machine, Measurement and Environment) to identify the sources of variation (Wikipedia, 2014). The categories can also be modified according to the type of event or requirement. The fishbone diagram looks like the skeleton of a fish. Generally, it works from right to left, with each large “bone” of the fish branching out to include smaller bones, containing more details (TechTarget, 2014). The causes are usually derived from brainstorming sessions. This diagram is used as a quality tool and its application is widely used in all kinds of business including healthcare. Application of Fishbone Diagram to Analyze the High Wastage of RBC Units The fishbone diagram can be very useful in analyzing the problem and finding the root causes. For analysis of high wastage of RBC products, the causes were grouped into three main categories: Staffs, Methods and Management. The details of the analysis are discussed below: Evaluation of Staffs The laboratory staffs are the front-liners of any laboratory services. They handle and perform the tasks in everyday basis. Therefore, it is very essential to keep them well informed and aware of the problem. While analyzing the causes for the staffs, we learned that the staffs knew very less about the wastage of the products. In fact, they lacked the realizat... ... middle of paper ... ...save the unnecessary waste and cost due to expiration on the products. However, there is no formal procedure in the lab to use the website for exchanging products between other facilities. Only few staffs are aware about it and rarely used for posting the products. Therefore, the lab has not been able to implement the process yet, which actually has potential in saving expiring units. Moreover, the secondary lab does not have a procedure on generating report on expiring units. The report can be printed directly from LIS, which include the list of all of the upcoming expiring units. As a result, the staffs can easily monitor and transfer the products to the main lab in a timely manner. Lack of procedure has led the staffs unaware of this process, hence, resulting in failing to meet the criteria of transferring the units to the main lab five days prior to expiration.
This allows them to purchase high volume for a lower cost. Bringing over 20,000 products into one convenient location and with over 450 brands they provide a large selection.
The Hematologic System is regarded as the body’s system that regulates the movement of nutrients, molecules (macro and micro molecules), and oxygen to tissues and metabolic waste products and carbon dioxide out of the tissues (Colbert, 2009). The overall role of the hematologic system is to deliver substances needed for cellular metabolism, temperature regulation, defend the body from injury and microbial infections, and maintain the homeostatic balance or acid-base chemistry of the blood and fluid-electrolyte balance. The Hematologic System is principally made up of the blood, blood vessels, and primary organs that manufacture blood cells such as the bone marrow, spleen, lymph nodes, liver, and thymus gland (Ignatavicius & Workman, 2009). Blood is made up of three distinct components: red blood cells, white blood cells, and plasma, and its role is to transport necessary substances for metabolism (nutrients, hormones and oxygen) to cells and to remove metabolic waste products and carbon dioxide, regulation of body temperature and fluid balance, and protect the body from infections. Blood vessels simply aid the transportation of blood throughout the body, simply in and out of the heart. Spleen on its part is the largest lymphatic organ and functions as the blood filtration system and reservoir, site for fetal hematopoiesis, and mounts immune responses that act against invading infections. Bone marrow is another important component of the hematologic system, and its role is to synthesize new blood cells (Red blood cells white blood cells, and platelets) that constitute a healthy blood count while the liver functions by detoxifying the blood (Colbert, 2009).
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As a result the supply of red blood cells (the most used blood component) barely serves the growing demand.
their dispatch of customer orders are promptly and accurately. We can see this with this case when they timely started the removal of contaminated products ( Tylen...
Reducing risk ; reducing the quantity of manufactured so that reducing burden of stock and burden of frequent discount sales
Through providing a more convenient means of purchasing our products online, it is anticipated that we will retain its current customers while carrying out an online marketing campaign for more new customers as well. The company will distribute online purchases via direct shipping from the nearest stores.
2. (1) Benefits of the “half-life”: it will encourage the company to reduce cost and defective rates. The total quality of the production has been improved.
Kaoru Ishikawa was a very influential man in quality management. Ishikawa began his career as a professor at a Japanese University. He lived from 1915 until his death in 1989. Although Ishikawa made many contributions to quality management, he is best known for his cause and effect diagram, known as the “fishbone diagram”. ("Kaoru Ishikawa: the," 2009) The significance of the fishbone diagram is that it is a simple graphical method for presenting a chain of causes and effects and for sorting out causes and organizing relationships between variables. (Evans & Lindsay, 2008)
The management should consider these results and make sure that the product should be free of any additives so as to
...der to ensure that the quality of its products is upheld (Grover & Vriens 2006, p. 147).
It includes things that other products don't have such as allergy tested or fragrance-free, a lot of the products used today have a fragrance to them. At the end of all those lines, it has their website so it gives people the option to browse through their products and
Hazardous material accidents are common in warehouses and industries, the employ should provide a safe place to store the hazardous material, and the workers should have a good knowledge about how to response with that accidents and how to use the correct PPE and what control measures should be taken in that kind of accidents.
It provides significant efficiencies in cost and delivery in exchange for minimal customization and represents a shift of operational risks from the consumer to the provider.
Consumers have expectations In terms of a good quality product that should be availed at a reasonable price. Consumers don’t only want the business to be socially responsible towards them in this manner of reasonable prices but way beyond this. They should meet the needs of consumers in ways of convenience and appearance. But business should also consider other aspects like environmental impact when packaging is disposed.