Applying Statistical Process Control Effectively 2015

Key Topics

• Statistical Process Control (SPC) Fundamentals
• A brief overview of the purpose of Statistical Process Control
• Common misunderstandings and misapplications of SPC. They include
  • The belief that specification limits are related to control limits
  • The belief that control charts provide an indication of process capability
  • The limitations of traditional control charts (e.g. Xbar-R) for many modern production processes
  • A misunderstanding of chart sensitivity to detect process changes (proper sample size selection)
  • When the normality of data matters
  • Charting the wrong characteristics
  • When control limits should be updated
  • The shortcomings of process capability indices
  • How best to apply SPC to short production runs

Who should Attend

• Production Supervisors
• Operations / Production Managers
• Process or Manufacturing Engineers or Managers
• Quality Assurance Managers