Statistical Process Control is a technology that has knocked the market. Basically it has showed the manufacturing companies a way to prevent wastage of money, raw material and human resource utilization. Statistical Process Control is a theory which was first developed by Walter Shewhart to scrutinize the manufacturing method. An out of control condition is mostly called as ΓÇ£assignable causeΓÇ¥. The assignable cause always creates anomalies which are visible in the product. After identifying the ΓÇ£assignable causeΓÇ¥ the manufacturers try to remove it. In short benefits or uses of SPC is to takes care of any kind of anomaly that takes place during the manufacturing process.
Though people may think that SPC is a new theory but it is an age old method developed to prevent the cause of loss. There are various industries that use SPC to satisfy the quality requirement from their clients.
Statistical Process Control can be used for various industries for assuring quality product.
- Manufacturing Industry: In manufacturing industry the statistical process control is used for producing quality products. In lay manΓÇÖs language we can say that constant monitoring of machinery and carrying out pilot projects to ensure that final product will give healthy results.
- Medical Industry: In medical industry the constant small experiments to be carried before coming to conclusion is a part of Statistical Process Control.
As we all know that when a new product hits the market there are two kinds of reaction one is positive and another is negative. Some negative reactions are the results due to ignorance about statistical process control.
Before doing SPC it is much more required to know about the tools of Statistical Process Control, as the accuracy of result is also dependent upon the uses of tools.
The SPC tools are used to identify the difference between controllable reasons and uncontrollable reasons.
Let us take the case of soft drink named Coca- Cola about a decade ago the company was defamed in the market for having pesticide in the drink. The whole organization was suffering from loss as its products were getting banned in the market, from customers to stake holders all were leaving the company. The problem could have been handled if statistical process control was adopted. The assignable cause here is the use of pesticide as it has given unwanted results for the product. In statistical process control every important step in the manufacturing if the product is well scrutinized and checked so that the company has not to go through unexpected condition.