Question 1 1.1 Ford South Africa's (Ford SA's) Kuga (fire dilemma began in December 2016, prompting...

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Question 1 1.1 Ford South Africa's (Ford SA's) Kuga (fire dilemma began in December 2016, prompting a huge local recall. The automaker issued a national recall of affected Kuga models in 2017. In January 2018, another Kuga had caught alight, bringing back the nightmare to Ford. The Engineers at Ford still believe that Ford Kuga was one of their best family car ever designed and unfortunately that could not show due to the "minor" mistake that has occurred. The president of Ford SA is willing to bring back the Kuga however to avoid backlash a proposal was put in place to change only the outer design and name. This is an enormous project for Ford SA since they can't afford to fail twice. Based on that, they decided to assign you as the project head in order to ensure that past mistakes are not repeated and the new model meets all quality standards. Since you are new to the team, you decided to first identify possible causes and relevant contributory causes of the burning Kuga. (2) a) What is the applicable tool to conduct the above? b) Use the tool mentioned in (a) above to identify three (3) relevant possible causes and two (2) relevant contributory causes for each (10) cause of the burning Kuga. Question 1 1.1 Ford South Africa's (Ford SA's) Kuga (fire dilemma began in December 2016, prompting a huge local recall. The automaker issued a national recall of affected Kuga models in 2017. In January 2018, another Kuga had caught alight, bringing back the nightmare to Ford. The Engineers at Ford still believe that Ford Kuga was one of their best family car ever designed and unfortunately that could not show due to the "minor" mistake that has occurred. The president of Ford SA is willing to bring back the Kuga however to avoid backlash a proposal was put in place to change only the outer design and name. This is an enormous project for Ford SA since they can't afford to fail twice. Based on that, they decided to assign you as the project head in order to ensure that past mistakes are not repeated and the new model meets all quality standards. Since you are new to the team, you decided to first identify possible causes and relevant contributory causes of the burning Kuga. (2) a) What is the applicable tool to conduct the above? b) Use the tool mentioned in (a) above to identify three (3) relevant possible causes and two (2) relevant contributory causes for each (10) cause of the burning Kuga.

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