Name: Structured Problem Solving
Overall Rating: 5.0 out of 5 (3 ratings)
Category: All Learners
Duration: 1.50 hour(s)
Individual Fee: Free

Join us for this 90-minute preview of the full 4-hour workshop. 

Do you have problems that recur in your business? Repeat customer complaints, multiple instances of the same issue over several weeks or months in different processes or locations or issues that re-occur seasonally, or other large patterns? Different issues that are tied back to the same possible cause? You may be suffering from poor problem-solving discipline. Following a disciplined approach to find the true root cause of issues, determine and implement effective corrective actions to kill the root cause and ensure the issue does not come back are all part of a structured problem solving approach.

We use structured problem solving for “every-day” issues that do not rise to the level of pain to require a six sigma project or kaizen event. Effective disciplined problem solving is essential to avoiding becoming overwhelmed with issues, otherwise known as “dying from a thousand little cuts”

You’ll walk away from this course knowing how to perform structured problem solving and how  to use the typical tools tied to 8D problem Solving, and you’ll get the templates needed to solve your own problems back at your workplace.


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College of Lake County
19351 West Washington Street
Building E, Suite E186
Grayslake, IL 60030
United States
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In this course you’ll learn the Eight Disciplines (8D) Structured Problem Solving method, the standard for problem solving across several industries. Additionally, you’ll learn a few of the basic tools that are typically used in 8D problem solving:

  • Is/Is Not
  • 5 Why’s
  • Cause and Effects Diagramming
  • Fault Tree Diagramming
  • Pareto Charting
  • Run Charting

SkillPrerequisiteExpected Outcome
Achieving Business Results1 - Beginner3 - Skilled
Continuous Performance Improvement1 - Beginner3 - Skilled
Managing Quality1 - Beginner3 - Skilled
Monitoring1 - Beginner3 - Skilled
Work Organization1 - Beginner3 - Skilled
Class Costs
Class ValueNo Charge
Individual Fee$0.00
Private Class Fee$0.00
5.0 out of 5 (3 ratings)

Great Preview. Tue, Dec 14, 2021
I attended the 90 minute preview of the full course and looking forward to participating in the full workshop. Thanks for offering!
Packed with useful information Tue, Dec 14, 2021
Thanks.
Great. Tue, Dec 14, 2021
Mike.
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