In this module, you will learn how to define a process and break it down into components for the purpose of identifying potential sources of variation. You will learn how to classify variation into ...

Control charts have been widely used for monitoring production processes and identifying assignable causes of variability. Many papers investigate the application of control charts in different ...

Two decades ago, when I was just out of graduate school and working in the automotive industry, I got my first introduction to the statistical process-control chart. We used this laborious technique ...

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester has implemented visualisation software on statistical process control (SPC) charts to improve clinical outcomes. The Christie is Europe’s largest single ...

In this article, as in industry, advanced process control (APC) refers primarily to multi-variable control. Multivariable control means adjusting multiple single-loop controllers in unison, to meet ...

Aim: To demonstrate the potential of in-line nanoparticle size measurements using the NanoFlowSizer (NFS) as a PAT method. To achieve real-time process control by establishing automated regulation of ...

There is considerable disagreement on how to handle autocorrelation in process data. Consider the following three views: At one extreme, Wheeler (1991b) argues that the usual control limits are ...