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Finding the real cause of garment defects: 5 Why, fishbone analysis and CAPA, with worked examples.
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5 Why analysis asks 'why' repeatedly until it reaches a cause that can be fixed. How to use it well, where it goes wrong, and three worked examples from sewing, cutting and finishing.
CAPA is the process for recording a problem, removing its cause and preventing it elsewhere. What corrective and preventive actions mean, the steps of a CAPA, a filled example, and how to keep CAPAs from becoming paperwork.
Repairing defects fixes garments; root cause analysis fixes the process. A step-by-step method for garment factories using defect data, the 5M categories, fishbone diagrams and 5 Why, with a worked example on open seams.