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Pareto chart templates
The 80/20 chart, computed: sorted bars with the cumulative percentage curve on a second axis, the 80% reference line, and the vital-few cut marked where the curve crosses it. Categories are ranked and any tail can be folded into an explicit `Other` bar rather than silently dropped, and a second period can be overlaid to show whether last quarter's vital few are still this quarter's.
Pareto — 30-Day Hospital Readmissions
Readmission causes for an 829-admission quarter against the previous one, computing that 5 of 11 causes carry 83.2% of returns and naming medication non-adherence as the cause that entered the vital few while diabetes left it.
Operations & OpsPareto — Injection Moulding Defects
A week of cavity-line reject codes typed straight off the check sheet as unquoted labels, computing that 4 of 10 defect modes account for 82.6% of 1,693 rejects and folding the three rarest modes into an explicit Other bar.
Lean & FlowPareto — Mobile Crash Signatures
Crash groups for the first seven days of an Android release against the release before it, computing that 4 of 11 signatures cause 81.5% of 13,753 crashes and showing an image-cache OOM regression displacing the previous ANR at the top.
Data & SchemaPareto — Card Chargeback Reasons
Issuer dispute reason codes for a quarter against the previous one, computing that 5 of 11 codes carry 85.1% of 3,648 chargebacks and confirming the vital few are unchanged even though the mix beneath them moved.
Business & StrategyPareto — Parcel Network Late Deliveries
Root causes of missed delivery promises across a national parcel network at a 90% cut rather than the usual 80%, computing that 5 of 12 causes still explain 92.7% of 29,486 late parcels with depot missorts alone at 40%.
Lean & FlowPareto — First-Year Student Withdrawals
Stated reasons for first-year withdrawal in an 8,140-strong cohort against the year before, computing that 4 of 10 reasons cover 80.6% of 633 withdrawals and that caring responsibilities entered the vital few as academic difficulty left it.
Business & StrategyPareto — Wind Farm Unplanned Downtime
Lost generation hours by failure mode across a 42-turbine wind farm, computing that 4 of 12 modes account for 80.7% of 8,310 downtime hours and that gearbox bearings alone carry 38% of the fleet's outage time.
Lean & FlowPareto — Council Service Complaints
Stage-1 resident complaints by borough service against the previous financial year, computing the deliberately flat result that 6 of 13 services are needed to clear the 80% cut — 84.5% of 12,769 complaints — with fly-tipping and council tax billing entering the vital few.
Operations & OpsPareto — Retail Stock Loss
Annual stock loss by cause across 214 stores valued in GBP thousands, computing that 5 of 12 causes carry 82.7% of a £12.5 M shrink and separating deliberate loss from the process errors that sit alongside it.
Business & StrategyPareto — Clinical Trial Data Queries
Monitor-raised data queries by case-report-form field for a phase III study against the sponsor's previous one, computing that 5 of 13 fields generate 81.1% of 3,044 queries and that ECG capture entered the vital few this study.
Data & SchemaPareto — Rail Delay Minutes by Cause
Delay minutes attributed by cause across a commuter route's autumn period against the spring one, computing that 5 of 11 causes carry 80.9% of 34,500 minutes and that leaf-fall adhesion displaced signalling power supply from the vital few.
Operations & OpsPareto — Heat Pump Warranty Claims
First-year warranty claims on an air-source heat pump range by failing subassembly, computing that 5 of 10 modes carry 83.8% of 2,345 claims and showing the expansion valve overtaking the outdoor fan motor.
Business & StrategyPareto — Drug Round Interruptions
Observed interruptions to the nurse medication round on a 28-bed surgical ward, computing that 5 of 10 sources cause 86.5% of 1,146 interruptions logged across 84 observed rounds.
Lean & FlowCustomer Revenue Concentration — Data-Room Exhibit
Customer concentration exhibit for a quality-of-earnings report or vendor due diligence pack: FY25 revenue by account against FY24, sorted, with the cumulative curve, the 80% vital-few cut and the accounts that entered or left the top group.
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