Use fishbone categories to explore multiple causes of an operational stockout before choosing a fix.
Stockout under sedation One sterile dental pack is ready for three scheduled procedures. The patient is already premedicated. The fast fix may be buying more instruments. The durable fix depends on the cause mix. Fishbone Sort causes before selecting fixes Fishbone thinking asks the team to look across methods, people, materials, equipment, measurement, and environment before settling on one explanation. Shortcut Just buy more packs A fix matched to the cause, not just the symptom. Explore causes widely, then narrow with evidence. Do not let the most visible cause become the only cause. 01 Frame 02 Sort 03 Fix Problem…
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