Original Source:  DataNet Quality Systems / WinSPC

“Statistical Process Control, commonly referred to as SPC, is a method for monitoring, controlling and, ideally, improving a process through statistical analysis.

The result of SPC is reduced scrap and rework costs, reduced process variation, and reduced material consumption.

SPC states that all processes exhibit intrinsic variation. However, sometimes processes exhibit excessive variation that produces undesirable or unpredictable results. SPC, in a manufacturing process optimization context, is used to reduce variation to achieve the best target value…”

https://www.winspc.com/what-is-spc/what-is-spc/

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