Below you will find all articles and posts tagged with Process Control. These articles are either primarily about Process Control or about topics that are directly related to Process Control.
Question of the month: What is the difference between continuous and continual improvement?
After a series of articles about the Road to Six Sigma in October, we talked some more about control charts and statistical process control (SPC) in November. We also launched the Policies, Procedures and Processes Blog in November and
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Author: Editor Published on: December 4th, 2006
Categories: Monthly Summary
In the previous series of articles, we discussed applying Statistical Process Control (SPC) to business processes. Although SPC has been around for a long time and is applicable to the current world of Lean, Six Sigma, and ISO, it is often overlooked.
SPC is a great tool to not only monitor the current and recent behavior of a process, but is also a great tool to support Continuous Improvement activities.
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Author: Editor Published on: November 21st, 2006
Categories: Business Process Improvement, Procedures & Process Training
Question of the month: Why are control charts so important in measuring process effectiveness?
In October, we continued the Road to Six Sigma series dealing with statistical process control in business settings. We discussed correlation and control charts—two very important concepts that enable you to understand
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Author: Editor Published on: November 8th, 2006
Categories: Monthly Summary
Part 4 of a 4-Part Series
We come now to what started this “Road to Six Sigma” series in the first place, Dr. Shewhart’s simple control tool, the control chart. The control chart is really two time-based charts plotted on the same form. For simplicity’s sake, we will focus on control charts for variable individual readings because
Author: Editor Published on: October 31st, 2006
Categories: Business Process Improvement
Part 3 of a 4 part series
In the previous article we discussed how to use cause-effect diagrams and scatter diagrams to identify the causes of problems and to quantify the impact of solving those problems. I said then that we would be discussing
Author: Bizmanualz Editor Published on: October 12th, 2006
Categories: Business Process Improvement
Question of the month: What is the difference between common cause and assignable cause?
Email articles in September discussed applying statistical process control (SPC) methods to business processes. Today many organizations have implemented a rigorous application of statistical methods called Six Sigma. However, Six Sigma is not for everyone because
Author: Editor Published on: October 2nd, 2006
Categories: Monthly Summary
Part 2 of a 3 part series
Last week we talked about using Pareto analysis for organizing, simplifying, and prioritizing problem solving. This week, we’re going to introduce two simple tools which can be used together to improve the performance of business systems. In improving any process,
Author: Bizmanualz Editor Published on: September 22nd, 2006
Categories: Business Process Improvement
Part 1 of a 3 part series
In the manufacturing world, statistical process control (SPC) has been effectively used for decades. Walter A. Shewhart at Western Electric in the 1920’s introduced the concepts of “Assignable Cause” and “Chance Cause” each of which could be responsible for
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Author: Bizmanualz Editor Published on: September 14th, 2006
Categories: Business Process Improvement
Corrective and Preventive Actions are key elements to a Quality Management System (QMS) that is focused on Continual Improvement and Customer Satisfaction. Indeed, any ISO 9000 type QMS should have
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Author: Bizmanualz Editor Published on: April 11th, 2006
Categories: ISO Quality Management
Recently we talked about writing procedures to increase control. This week we’re talking about writing for results.
So, you have been tasked to write a procedure…but where do you start? I like to break the process into four parts:
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Author: Bizmanualz Editor Published on: April 13th, 2005
Categories: Internal Control, Writing Policies and Procedures
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