Root Cause Analysis (Product Failures)
Investigating the 'why' behind product failures to drive design and process improvements.
Failure Frequency
50
incidents this quarter
Mean Time to Detect Cause
3 days
Avg. time to find cause
Repeat Failure Rate
12%
Failures recurring post-fix
Avg. Delay Impact
10 days
delay per incident
Pareto Analysis of Failure Modes
Failure Mode Frequency
Identifying the "vital few" failure modes causing the majority of problems (80/20 rule).
Root Cause Investigation Tools
Fishbone (Ishikawa) Diagram
A visual tool for brainstorming potential causes of a problem.
Problem: Product Failures
Formulation
Process
Packaging
Market
Material
Failures by Component
Root Cause Distribution