Turn a Complaint Into a Five-Why Fix
Use 5 Whys and Five Hows to convert a customer complaint into a corrective process action.
A customer disputes a pump part charge because the repair was completed before explicit price approval. 5 Whys finds the process gap; Five Hows turns the gap into a practical corrective action. The common shortcut is to refund or defend the invoice and move on. That may close the conversation, but it does not prevent the next surprise charge. Why 1 Why is the customer upset? The invoice included a part charge she did not knowingly approve. Start with the customer's experienced problem, not the team's intent. Why 2 Why was approval unclear? The technician treated diagnostic approval as parts…
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