Process control - Articles - Page 23

Selecting the Right Calibration System

A calibration expert offers some suggestions.

May 9, 2018

The first step to process improvement is machine performance measurement and diagnosis. However, it’s a step that many OEMs and service providers—even quality professionals—fail to approach with as much rigor as other steps, like process setting and in-process control.

Problem Solving vs. Problem Fixing: Utilizing Metrology for Root Cause Analysis

April 29, 2018

In business it’s easy to become complacent. Manufacturers can fall prey to continually repeating the same mistakes, disrupting production and damaging profitability.

Tulip powers the prep-to-ship station at Dentsply/Sirona.

Quality 4.0: The Internet of Things is Only Half the Solution

Even at the most automated facilities human operators are responsible for correctly configuring, maintaining and monitoring machines.

Rony Kubat

April 9, 2018

You can’t escape the buzzwords. The Internet of Things. The Industrial Internet of Things. Edge Computing. Industry 4.0. Big. Data. Every practitioner has their own, slightly different definition of what these terms mean—a fuzzy cloud of vague meaning.

Dorian Shainin's Influence on Quality Professionals Part IV

Multi-vari and pre-control charts in our final Shainin column.

March 1, 2018

Multi-vari charts are a useful tool for presenting analysis of variance data in graphical form. They can identify patterns of variation, on a single chart, from many causes.

Integrated Wireless Handheld Gaging for the Shop Floor User Benefits and Successful Implementation

October 31, 2017

In the 1980’s the concept of data collection for process control took a major leap forward. This was about the time that a combination of electronic technology and economics allowed gaging to become digital.

Fixing the Problem or the Cause?

These are Not New Concerns Within the Quality Community.

Charles Roberts

September 1, 2017

During a recent ASQ Inspection Division meeting, I had the opportunity to sit down over lunch with some of the very best minds in the quality field.

The Role of Disposition Limits

Disposition Limits are Focused on Product

Jim L. Smith

September 1, 2017

In my two previous columns I discussed specification limits and process control limits, which led to thoughts about product disposition limits.

Solving Problems Effectively

Resolving root cause is as fundamental as ABC.

Jim L. Smith

February 1, 2017

When faced with most problems dealing with processes, products, or service, quality professionals typically implement two types of remedial actions which were handed down to us by experts like Dr. Joseph M. Juran, Dr. Frank Gryna, et al. “Control of nonconforming product” and “root cause analysis with corrective action” are two separate and essential processes.

Quality at the Source

QATS can produce dramatic quality improvements

Jim L. Smith

January 3, 2017

Quality at the source (QATS) has been used well before lean manufacturing became so popular. Many people in the quality function have applied the principles especially at critical work areas to detect nonconforming items and prevent them from moving forward in the process.

Face of Quality