SPC is the use of statistical techniques to control a process or production method. SPC tools and procedures can help you monitor process behavior, discover issues in internal systems, and find solutions for production issues. SPC focuses on minimizing variation in a process and ensure consistent output quality. It is critical that, when SPC provides early-warning of emergent issues, that key personnel on the manufacturing line are alerted and can take appropriate action to resolve the issue and prevent the nascent problem from being a line-stopping problem. By moving the responsibility on quality inspection more to real-time, SPC can help catch issues as they are emerging, instead of after they have occurred.
Benefits
- Catch undesired process variations as they occur and proactively reduce rework, scrap and rejections.
- Improve quality by gaining an in-depth understanding of the process parameters.
- Improve the process by analyzing the data and understanding the sources of process variations.
- Reduce manual quality inspections.
- Extensive analytics and reporting.