List out the new Seven Management tools

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INTRODUCTION

In addition to the seven basic quality tools described in the previous chapter, the ‘new’ seven management tools are also widely used by the managers for quality management.

The seven basic quality tools are mostly useful for quantitative problems, whereas the new seven management tools are defined for the qualitative problems.

 These qualitative tools, also known as ‘seven management and planning tools’ are helpful for the managers: (i) to organise large amounts of non-quantitative data; (ii) to create hypotheses; (iii) to clarify inter-relationships; and (iv) to establish priorities.

The new seven management tools and their purpose are summarised in Table .1.

Table 1. New seven management tools and their purpose
S. No. Management tools Purpose
1. Affinity (KJ) diagram For synthesizing, classifying, organizing indefinite ideas.
2. Relationship diagram For isolating cause-and-effect relationships.
3. Tree diagram For deploying general concepts into details.
4. Matrix diagram For correlating in a logical form, in order to evaluate, select, and decide.
5. Matrix data analysis For quantifying relationships.
6. Decision tree (PDPC) For identifying alternatives.
7. Arrow diagram (PERT) For planning.

Since these seven tools are interrelated, Fig .1 shows the order in which these tools can be used to understand a problem.

The interrelation between the seven new management tools

Fig 1. The interrelation between the seven new management tools 

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