42Q SPC Whitepaper

Better predictions with the 42Q SPC 

The fast-paced manufacturing industry pushes every company to choose carefully the systems that will help to improve every step of the process. The selection of a Statistical Process Control (SPC) system is quite important to keep and enhance quality control because it helps to identify what can be improved and avoided to have a successful production through statistical analysis. In a few words, the SPC helps to identify and separate with precision, the process from the content.

 

With the use of the SPC, your company can improve productivity and reduce costs, variability, and scrap thanks to a strict methodology for measuring and controlling quantity during the manufacturing process. It also helps to visualize time records of the production, have a quick response, and make real-time decisions at local levels, between systems, suppliers, manufacturers, and delivery systems instead of fixing a product after it has been manufactured. 

 

The SPC provides data to analyze the status of the processes through control charts, monitor maintenance, email notifications, system configuration, line stoppage, etc. Customers have complete control of the system, through the SPC Portlet and SPC TV portlet.

 

Five benefits of using Statistical Process Control

	Better decision-making, because SPC analyzes data to provide statistical information that impacts greater decisions.
	Continuous enhancement, because the monitoring control is always working for all processes. This feature allows users to analyze and identify near real-time any variation of the statistics.
	Less waste, because as variations and scrap can be identified more quickly, it can be reduced or even eliminated. This characteristic is remarkable because it represents a direct cost-benefit.
	Capability evaluation can be scaled, which means that SPC is helpful to match the actual product specifications with the process capability so that it can be more clear to upgrade the existing capacity so that variations can be reduced or when to add equipment or machinery. As SPC makes those variations visible, it can be used to predict, improve and transform them into acceptable or irrelevant statistics ranges.
	Increase productivity because as a result of analyzing SPC data, the process can be modified to be more efficient.

 

Principal features of 42Q SPC and SPC Dashboard

1. It supports Xbar-R Chart, I-MR Chart, Cpk/Ppk Chart, C Chart, U Chart, NP Chart, P Chart, FPY Chart, DPMO, Yield Chart, Pareto Chart, DotLine chart
2. It supports multiple data collection strategies: Automatic Collection data from MDS or MESWeb, Manual Collection data via SPC UI, and Automatic Collection data via SPC API
3. Be able to track the detailed unit and defect information on each control chart
4. Customizable chart background color for Out-of-Control
5. E-mail Notifications about the Out-of-Control conditions are sent to the correct recipients
6. MFG holds (production process route) control based on the SPC control chart
7. Multiple monitors are displayed on the TV and dashboard in real-time 
8. Variables Control Charts Support Multiple Sampling Method
9. It supports Multiple Subgrouping Method
10. Ability to calculate new BAR value used for next data analysis

As a small percentage of defects can directly reduce profits, the 42Q SPC guarantee the correct analysis at the right time to derive at highest quality product at a lower cost, giving a boost from quality control to quality improvement, as the data that can be seen at the charts helps to know the most significant differences or variations.