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Dynamic sampling controls
Automate the transition between control standards for optimized quality Quality management in industrial processes relies heavily on sampling, a method designed to optimize...
Simplified measuring equipment management with METRO
Ellistat's METRO module offers a number of advantages, such as management of all your measuring equipment at an unbeatable price, online access thanks to the extreme...
Six Sigma management
Six Sigma is based on the DMAICS approach, which is broken down into 6 steps: By scrupulously following these steps, the technician, even if not an expert in statistics, will be able to...
5 tips for successful control chart application
Many companies confuse Statistical Process Control with control charts... Control charts are just the tip of the iceberg. They're just a tool for achieving...
What should I do if I get a bad Cpc?
What is Cpc: Cpc stands for Control Process Capability. It is used to identify whether a control process is capable of measuring a characteristic correctly, i.e. whether...
SPC or sampling control
When carrying out a production inspection, the question often arises as to the type of inspection. Which module should I use, SPC or IQC (inspection by sampling)? To...
5 common SPC mistakes
Implementing SPC in production is anything but self-evident... SPC is already well known in the industry, with the first control cards having been introduced as early as...
How do you choose the right problem-solving method?
For each type of problem, there's a suitable approach to solving it, so that the effort is proportional to the challenge. The different approaches are not in competition with each other, but complement each other....
How do you analyze a data table?
Often, when we want to understand how a process works, we find ourselves faced with a data table like the one below. In this example, we'd like to see what the...
Outlier testing
When analyzing a series of data, we are sometimes confronted with values that do not appear to be part of the normal distribution of the data....
Does SPC still have a place in our workshops?
For over forty years, SPC has been an integral part of the production environment. It is the method by which manufacturing processes are monitored by...
Inbound inspection: how to optimize it?
An incoming inspection plan is used to decide on the acceptance of a batch on the basis of samples taken from the batch. Several types of sampling are taken into account in order to...