---------- *JAPANESE W'S* ---------- The 5 W's (and 1 H) which one should ask for each component in the work process (so as to improve work effeiciency)-- 1. Why 2. What 3. Where 4. Who 5. When 6. How Source--Total Quality Control (TQC): The Japanese Way. Q. C. Trends, ASugust 1985, page 9.