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6.
Process or Product Monitoring and Control
6.1. Introduction
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| Typical process control techniques | Statistical Process Control (SPC)
There are many ways to implement process control. Key monitoring and investigating tools include:
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| Underlying concepts | The underlying concept of statistical process control is based on a comparison of what is happening today with what happened previously. We take a snapshot of how the process typically performs or build a model of how we think the process will perform and calculate control limits for the expected measurements of the output of the process. Then we collect data from the process and compare the data to the control limits. The majority of measurements should fall within the control limits. Measurements that fall outside the control limits are examined to see if they belong to the same population as our initial snapshot or model. | ||
| Tools of statistical quality control | Statistical Quality Control (SQC)
Several techniques can be used to investigate the product for defects or defective pieces after all processing is complete. Typical tools of SQC (described in section 2) are:
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| Underlying concepts of statistical quality control | The purpose of statistical quality control is to ensure, in a cost efficient manner, that the product shipped to customers meets their specifications. Inspecting every product is costly and inefficient, but the consequences of shipping nonconforming product can be significant in terms of customer dissatisfaction. Statistical Quality Control is the process of inspecting enough product from given lots to probabilistically ensure a specified quality level. | ||
