Understanding and Implementing Statistical Process Control (SPC)

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1 day(s) , 7 instructional hours
7 Engineering Professional Development Hours (PDHs)

About This Event:

This one-day event will develop your understanding of key SPC methodologies as needed within a quality management system through group activities and individual participation. After this event, you will be able to identify the need for SPC tools within your organization; select the appropriate tool for an identified purpose or recognize a more complex methodology; apply the selected tools; interpret the results of the application; and make correct decisions based on the interpretation. This hands-on event will provide you with both functional and applicable skills.

Recommended For:

Quality managers; quality team leaders; anyone involved in the implementation of a quality management system; and anyone involved in the engineering, manufacturing, quality control or sales of a product.

You Will:

Gain an understanding of the basic concepts of stability and capability/performance.

Topics Covered Include:

Definition of statistical process control
Understanding variation and its causes
Stable and unstable processes
Process control and process capability
Planning for control charting
Types of charts used
Interpreting a control chart
Control charts for individual measurement
Control charts selection procedure
Capability/performance indices
Planning a capability study
Background of SPC
Control charts for variable data
Control charts for attribute data
Process capability analysis.

Instructor(s):

Certified PLEXUS trainers of the NC State University Industrial Extension Service. Each IES Plexus trainer/coach is an experienced RABQSA Certified Quality Management System Auditor, has assisted numerous North Carolina companies in training and implementing quality systems, or has completed a rigorous schedule of the interactive Plexus Learning Model, quality system assessment techniques, and specific understanding and implementation details on quality system tools.