To earn the return on investment that a modern, cloud-based SPC software service can provide, organizations need to rethink some outdated ideas about quality.

Modern SPC is about more than shop floor data collection and control charts. Today, SPC is about improving quality, reducing costs, and enhancing a company’s competitive position.

When you look for the root cause of scrap—and solve it—you’re likely to reap benefits throughout your entire operation.

Your SPC data are trying to tell you something important about your manufacturing processes and product quality. It’s time to sit it down and let the data talk.

Consistency creates efficiency: When your manufacturing machines and processes are consistent, you get less downtime, better quality products, happier customers, and greater profitability.

Walter A. Shewart, often referred to as the “father” of statistical process control, introduced the world to SPC and his creation of the control chart in the late 1920s. Of course, SPC has appreciably evolved since then, with real-time data analytics and Cloud-based software becoming an integral part of the package.

Manual data collection and analysis places a tremendous burden on manufacturing resources and limits their ability to adapt and innovate. Fortunately, modern data management solutions offer a path to greater automation and efficiency.

In these days of tightened belts and lean manufacturing principles, manufacturers are pushed to perform better, offer higher quality, and lower prices--all at the same time.

Quality professionals need to look past the shop floor when thinking about collecting data. Roll up your collected data to see the big picture.

For forward-looking manufacturers, the cloud supports changes that go beyond simply cutting costs. Learn how the cloud helps operators and organizations fundamentally change the way they work.