A couple of ways to improve the 5 Why process that I've seen done in the manufacturing world. 1. Create why sessions with key people in the process. Sometime

A couple of ways to improve the 5 Why process that I've seen done in the manufacturing world. 1. Create why sessions with key people in the process. Sometimes answers to why are not always apparent. More people contributing can help illuminate 2. If meeting with a group have a facilitator that has done this before. 3. The group needs to have equal say and contribution. No one, including managers and leaders, can overrule or dissuade discource about the answers to why. Everyone's input is equally important.