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| Criterion |  Operations Visual Management |  Innovation TRIZ |  Operations Fishbone Diagram |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | With high tempo and many parallel topics, the method makes status, deviations, and priorities visible at a glance. It reduces search effort and prevents what matters from getting lost in daily work. | For technical contradictions or trade-offs, the method looks for solutions that resolve opposing requirements at the same time. It translates limits into an explicit picture of conflict that becomes workable. This produces not just compromises but more elegant principles. | When a problem has several possible contributing factors, the method sorts causes by cause areas. It prevents an initial hunch from blocking the view of other plausible drivers. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Low |
Timedifferent | Ongoing | 1-4 h | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-20 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception Cues | Contradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution Concepts | Fishbone Diagram, Cause Categories, Investigation Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | SignalsOperationsVisual management | InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity | Root causeQualityOperations |
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