| D1 | Team — name the owner; bring in quality, production, engineering |
| D2 | Describe the problem — when, which batch, how many, what exactly; photos and samples |
| D3 | Contain — at the customer, in transit, in our warehouse, in production: handled separately at each point |
| D4 | Root cause — two questions: why did it happen, and why did it escape |
| D5 | Permanent fix — change the process, tooling, incoming material or standard; not just rework |
| D6 | Implement & verify — make it real, then prove it with data |
| D7 | Prevent recurrence — update the documents (work instruction / inspection standard / BOM / first-article rule) |
| D8 | Close — customer confirmation, then archive |