CAUSE EFFECT DIAGRAM

Mentor-Mrs. Deepanvita Thakur

Team Members-Kali ChordiaSuyashi RastogiGauri Agrawal

Introduction Ishikawa diagrams (also called fishbone diagrams, herringbone diagrams, cause-and-effect diagrams, or Fishikawa(Darko 2014)) are causal diagrams created by Kaoru Ishikawa (1968) that show the causes of a specific event. Common uses of the Ishikawa diagram are product design and quality defect prevention, to identify potential factors causing an overall effect. Each cause or reason for imperfection is a source of variation.

Causes

• Causes in the diagram are often categorized, such as to the 6 M's, described below. Cause-and-effect diagrams can reveal key relationships among various variables, and the possible causes provide additional insight into process behaviour.

• Causes can be derived from brainstorming sessions. These groups can then be labelled as categories of the fishbone. They will typically be one of the traditional categories mentioned above but may be something unique to the application in a specific case. Causes can be traced back to root causes with the 5 Whys technique.

Causes are usually grouped into major categories to identify these sources of variation. The categories typically include:

• People: Anyone involved with the process• Methods: How the process is performed and the specific

requirements for doing it, such as policies, procedures, rules, regulations and laws

• Machines: Any equipment, computers, tools, etc. required to accomplish the job

• Materials: Raw materials, parts, pens, paper, etc. used to produce the final product

• Measurements: Data generated from the process that are used to evaluate its quality

• Environment: The conditions, such as location, time, temperature, and culture in which the process operates.

DIAGRAMEFFECTCAUSE

Identification of Root Causes For Poor Placement of Students

Uncertainty about goals – The students can’t make up their mind so as to what they want to do hence they face dilemma.SOLUTION :

• Students should attend multiple counselling sessions.• More insight to be given by the college on the scope and future of the

subjects.• Surfing on the net about the various career options and in depth search of

the topics that interest them.

Lack of innovation-The students are bombarded with a lot of course which leaves them with no time for innovation.

SOLUTION:• Shift in theory based studies to practical oriented ones.• Supporting the very idea of change and innovation at the college level.• Encouraging on specialisation rather than diverse studies.

Education System is mediocre –The existing education system forces us to study the primitive ways for handling a problem. Thereby, we become technologically handicapped.SOLUTION :

• Change in policies and guidelines.• Introduction of different levels of difficulty (easy, medium and hard) for identification of

calibre of the students.• Improving the quality of the material that is read.• Up gradation of system with technology as the need of the hour.

Lessons learned by the team•It helps in identification of each and every aspect of the problem.•We need to change our complacent attitude regarding our studies for better placement and future.•Brainstorming, helped in getting new understanding.•We got an insight about placement criteria and the pros and cons regarding it.•There is a need to establish a bi-directional conversation between students and the college recruitment cell so as to efficiently deal with fake companies.•We are motivated for perusing our goals.•There is an urgent need of employing sessions regarding placements.•Focus on specialization rather than marks.•With better understanding and integrated efforts the present scenario regarding the placements can be changed.