Control Charts – An Old Friend
Association for Supply Chain Management Northern Colorado and Wichita
Administrator at ASCM Northern Colorado and Wichita
Staying In Control
What if you get to the end of an expensive improvement project and you discover the changes have not completely eliminated all problems?
Believe it, or not, this does happen! In many cases, a root cause, impacting the process was not detected during the project. You need to monitor a process, after any improvement project, to watch for signs of an “out of control” situation.
The tool to leverage is control charts, which employ a combination of statistical and graphical methods to give you a look at what’s happening inside any process. These charts can help you identify any remaining, or brand new, process performance issues.
Control charts are a key tool from a best practice called Statistical Process Control and also an important tool used in the control step from Six Sigma. But, the really great news, is how you can use control charts without any need to have official Statistical Process Control or Six Sigma programs at your organization.
Read the rest of the article, by Mike Loughrin, at: Control Charts - An Old Friend.