control chart

Variation tracking graph

A control chart is a graph used in quality control to track whether a process stays within acceptable limits over time.

Data points are plotted against upper and lower control limits; points outside these bounds signal that something has gone wrong and needs investigation.

The control chart showed the manufacturing process had drifted out of specification.

Related

common cause · standard deviation · kaizen · capability · process · mean · tolerances · defects · quality · statistical · data analysis · measurement · manufacturing · points · trend analysis · track · centerline · data

Opposites
process management philosophy

control chartchaos

Complete disorder and confusion

disorder · randomness · anarchy · willful ignorance · entropy

statistical rigor

control chartgut feeling

Instinctive sense about something

intuition · guesswork · anecdotal evidence · eyeballing · casual observation

management approach

control chartfirefighting

Combating and quelling flames

flying blind · trial and error · tampering · overadjustment

Family

control, chart, controls, controlled, controlling, controller, controllable, uncontrollable, uncontrolled

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