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Statistical Process Control (SPC) is a key tool for maintaining quality and efficiency. When a process is continuously monitored and controlled, managers can ensure that it works at its full potential, resulting in consistent, quality manufacturing.
Modern manufacturing companies now have to deal with constantly fluctuating prices of raw materials and increased competition, making it challenging to control these factors. However, they can strive to control the quality of their products and processes. To be a market leader, they need to constantly work on improving the quality, efficiency, and cost margins.
Inspection continues to be the key form of detecting quality issues for most companies, but its efficacy is debatable. With SPC, an organisation can shift from being detection-based to prevention-based. With the constant monitoring of process performance, operators can detect changing trends or processes before performance is impacted.
In the automotive industry, SPC is a statistical method used to monitor and control manufacturing processes, which aims to ensure quality and prevent defects by identifying and addressing potential issues early on.
Automotive manufacturers use SPC techniques, including control charts and process capability analysis, to monitor process stability, reduce defect rates, and increase overall production efficiency. Control charts help visualise process data over time, highlighting variations and potential problems. Process capability indices (Cp and Cpk) provide information on process performance about specification limits. By using SPC, manufacturers can identify variations in each process, avoiding potential error propagation.
Studies on SPC emphasise how important it is for raising industrial quality and productivity. SPC can greatly improve process control and product quality, but when used incorrectly, it frequently loses its efficacy. Uniform application, appropriate training, and clear rules are necessary for a successful SPC deployment.
One of the ways businesses compete is through product quality. Without SPC software, it can be challenging to identify issues during the manufacturing process that could compromise quality. However, SPC will catch these trouble spots so that your business can address them and maintain the agreed standards.
SPC helps to identify processes that are showing signs of incapability. In many cases, without the employment of SPC, issues can only be identified at the end of the process during quality control testing. In this scenario, production will have to halt completely to figure out what went wrong, repairs may be necessary, and finished products might have to be discarded.
With the use of SPC, production problems can be detected much sooner, and you won’t lose production time and, instead, will be able to maximise the efficiency of your operations.
In the automotive industry, you may have to meet various standards – some regulatory and others established by your customers. For example, vehicle parts such as seat belts and airbags have to meet certain requirements. By using SPC software, you can input your control parameters and monitor the production process to ensure every element meets your stringent requirements.
SPC allows you to gain access to data analytics that can help you better understand your manufacturing processes and overall business. You can use the data provided by the solution to help you save costs, improve efficiency, and make more informed business decisions.
EasySPC eliminates the need for manual data input and charting. It automatically gathers data and updates control charts in near-real time, ensuring your team always has access to the latest process insights.
EasySPC’s in-built Capability Analysis (CA) helps you understand and improve your processes. Use CA to assess whether individual production processes meet specifications so you can reduce defects in real time and improve quality and consistency for good.
EasySPC Spotlight by BCN is designed to give a top-level view of performance across all indicators, helping you quickly spot anomalies and enabling you to prioritise processes based on how capable they are.
EasySPC ensures compliance with industry and regulatory standards like ISO and UKCA by maintaining data-driven control over your manufacturing processes and generating all the charts you need.
Designed to work seamlessly within the Microsoft ecosystem, EasySPC delivers user-friendly Power BI-certified SPC charts based on the data pulled directly from your systems. This makes it easier for you to monitor and understand your processes.
Proactively identify process variations to identify quality issues early, reduce waste, lower rework costs, and optimise production efficiency.
Find out how EasySPC can benefit your organisation by booking a free personalised demo with one of our experts. Get in touch with us for a 1-2-1 demonstration.
Looking at integrating SPC into the healthcare or manufacturing industry? We also provide EasySPC for healthcare and EasySPC for manufacturing sectors.
