Trace a Stockout Before You Blame Forecast
Trace a stockout through successive whys to select a cause-fit corrective action.
The empty shelf Fourteen stores have no protein bars on Monday morning after a front-of-store feature. If the team blames forecast too early, the same display can fail again next weekend. Root-cause path Symptom -> Mechanism -> Control Five Whys moves the team from the empty shelf to the specific control that let it happen. Blame forecast A comfortable answer, not always a cause. The next fix targets the failing control, not the nearest department. A useful why chain ends in a controllable correction. 01 Symptom 02 Mechanism 03 Control First why Node 1
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