Route based manufacturing system analysis, apparatuses, systems, and methods

Systems and methods are described to provide product and process improvement of a product. A manufacturing route has a manufacturing route key. The manufacturing route is configured to accept data from a client machine. The data is associated with the manufacturing route key using the multidimensional data warehouse schema to form multidimensional manufacturing route data. The multidimensional manufacturing route data is stored in the multidimensional manufacturing route database. The manufacturing route key identifies the manufacturing route from a plurality of manufacturing routes within the multidimensional manufacturing route database. A processor is configured to receive an input. The input is a cause added in response to a symptom wherein a symptom/cause relationship is established to provide a basis for product and process improvement using data that is extracted from the multidimensional manufacturing route database.