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Quality Statistical Process Control at Cherry Textron
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Competitive pressures have forced many U.S. firms to improve the quality of their products. One quality improvement method being introduced in the production process by Cherry Textron is statistical process control (SPC). The objective of SPC is to manufacture all parts to specifications the first time, eliminating costly rework, scrap, and unnecessary 100 percent inspection. This is accomplished by having each machine operator regularly measure parts they are producing against statistically pre-established quality standards and charting their results. den parts fall outside of the statistically acceptable range, production is immediately stopped and the problem is identified and …
