A Pareto chart can be used as:

Select one alternative:

• A quality improvement tool. It helps expose the underlying [or root] causes of quality problems in diminishing volume of their occurrence.
• A quality management tool. It helps expose the control variables that are outside control limits.
• A inventory management tool. It helps expose those inventory items with the greatest net value.
• A set-up time improvement tool. It helps expose the slower parts of a changeover process.
• An inventory management tool. It helps expose those inventory items with the greatest usage value.